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6.1/10   516 votes
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Writers:
E.L. Doctorow (novel)
Burt Kennedy (writer)
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Release Date:
June 1967 (Austria) more
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Tagline:
One bullet can kill a town...just like a man!
Plot:
In the town of Hard Times, a stranger rides in and terrorizes the small settlement. He kills a number of townsfolk... more | add synopsis
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The Man Who Shot the Guy Who Wasn't Liberty Valance. more (31 total)

Cast

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Henry Fonda ... Mayor Will Blue
Janice Rule ... Molly Riordan
Keenan Wynn ... Zar
Janis Paige ... Adah
John Anderson ... Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
Warren Oates ... Leo Jenks
Fay Spain ... Jessie
Edgar Buchanan ... Brown
Aldo Ray ... Man from Bodie
Denver Pyle ... Alfie - Stage Driver
Michael Shea ... Jimmy Fee
Arlene Golonka ... Mae

Lon Chaney Jr. ... Avery (as Lon Chaney)
Royal Dano ... John Bear
Alan Baxter ... Jack Millay
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Killer on a Horse (UK)
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | UK:X (theatrical release) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1969) | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
Originally made for television in 1966, but released to theaters instead, before being shown on TV. more
Quotes:
Zar, Whiskey & Girls: Ghost towns always have names full of promise. You better not let that happen when they name our town.
Mayor Will Blue: We'll call it what we always called it - Hard Times.
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8 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
The Man Who Shot the Guy Who Wasn't Liberty Valance., 30 December 1998
8/10
Author: chaz-18 from kansas

One thing about Henry: he was versatile. From dottering old Norman Thayer in "On Golden Pond" to the child-murdering gunman in "Once Upon a Time in the West" and everything in between, Henry Fonda showed us his multi-faceted talent over and over again, as he does here as a waffling, semi-cowardly man initially unwilling to confront a bully that terrorizes a small community in the old west.

Aldo Ray's is ideally suited for his character as well, as the murderous brute intent upon destroying a small town and anyone who tries to stop him.

As usual, mild-mannered Good eventually triumphs over seemingly unstoppable Evil, but then, by 1967 Clint Eastwood already had a lock on the other outcome. Still, I enjoyed it quite a lot, and recommend it highly, for among other reasons, to see Aldo munch on a giant green onion as he drinks coffee, in celebration of a murderous rampage he just finished.

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