There's "always a nuance to savor" in this "towering", "classic" Western, telling the "mythical American" tale of a "world-weary gunslinger forced out of retirement" when he sides with a "homesteader" family menaced by "ruthless cattle ranchers"; the "poignant" setup pays off with a "great finale" as Ladd walks tall in a showdown with "no-good" varmint Jack Palance, leading oater voters to name it "best" in the West.

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AWARDS

Nominated:

Academy Awards®:

Brandon De Wilde

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jack Palance

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

George Stevens

Best Director

George Stevens

Best Picture

A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

Best Adapted Screenplay

BAFTA Film Award:

Best Film from any Source

Van Heflin

Best Foreign Actor

DGA Award:

George Stevens

Outstanding Directorial Achievement 

in Motion Pictures
 

WGA Award (Screen):

A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

Jack Sher

Best Written American Drama

Won:

Academy Awards®:

Loyal Griggs

Best Cinematography, Color

NBR Award:

George Stevens

Best Director

CREDITS

Directed by: 

George Stevens 

Writing credits: 

Jack Schaefer (novel) 

A.B. Guthrie Jr. 

Jack Sher (additional dialogue) 

Cast (in credits order) 

Alan Ladd .... Shane 

Jean Arthur .... Marian Starrett 

Van Heflin .... Joe Starrett 

Brandon De Wilde .... Joey Starrett 

Jack Palance .... Jack Wilson (as Walter Jack Palance) Ben Johnson .... Chris Calloway 

Edgar Buchanan .... Fred Lewis 

Emile Meyer .... Rufus Ryker 

Elisha Cook Jr. .... Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey 

Douglas Spencer .... Axel 'Swede' Shipstead 

John Dierkes .... Morgan Ryker 

Ellen Corby .... Liz Torrey 

Paul McVey .... Sam Grafton 

John Miller .... Will Atkey, Bartender 

Edith Evanson .... Mrs. Shipstead 

Leonard Strong .... Ernie Wright 

Ray Spiker .... Johnson, Homesteader 

Janice Carroll .... Susan Lewis 

Martin Mason .... Ed Howells 

Helen Brown .... Martha Lewis 

Nancy Kulp .... Mrs. Howells 

Ewing Miles Brown .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Bill Cartledge .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Chester W. Hannan .... Ryker Man (uncredited) George J. Lewis .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Rex Moore .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Howard Negley .... Pete 'Yank' Potts, (uncredited) 

Charles Quirk .... Clerk (uncredited) 

Steve Raines .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Jack Sterling .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Beverly Washburn .... Ruth Lewis (uncredited) 

Henry Wills .... Ryker Man (uncredited) 

Produced by:

Ivan Moffat .... associate producer 

George Stevens .... producer 

Original Music by: 

Victor Young 

Non-Original Music by:

Franz Waxman (stock music) (uncredited) 

Cinematography by:

Loyal Griggs 

Film Editing by: 

William Hornbeck 

Tom McAdoo 

Art Direction by: 

Hal Pereira Walter 

H. Tyler (as Walter Tyler) 

Set Decoration by: 

Emile Kuri 

Costume Design by: 

Edith Head 

Makeup Department: 

Wally Westmore .... makeup supervisor 

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: 

John Coonan .... assistant director 

Sound Department: 

Gene Garvin .... sound recordist 

Harry Lindgren .... sound recordist 

Special Effects by: 

Farciot Edouart .... process photography 

Gordon Jennings .... special photographic effects 

Stunts Russell Saunders .... stunt double: Alan Ladd Joe De Young .... techical advisor 

Fred Guiol .... associate director 

Howie Horwitz .... assistant to producer 

Richard Mueller .... color consultant: Technicolor 

Irwin Roberts .... director of photography: second unit 

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