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[sc:tctop]In episode 48 of TripleCast, Cory and Travis round out their discussions of American Westerns with “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson’s restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.
“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” stars John Wayne as Tom Doniphon, James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard, Vera Miles as Hallie Stoddard, Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance, Andy Devine as Marshal Link Appleyard, Edmond O’brien as Dutton Peabody and Woody Strode as Pompey.
Cory and Travis anso discuss movie news and trailers for “Terminator: Genisys” and “Pan.”
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