
The Humble and the Face of Courage
Loved this movie! Law-abiding Stewart is willing to face up to killer Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) - but knowing he'll be killed, John Wayne secretly kills him, allowing both Stewart and the town to believe Stewart accomplished this. Excellent way to begin the story by bringing in the characters in the beginning for the funeral of their old friend (Wayne) - and within minutes the audience is transported back in time to the story that unfolds. The "legend" in the town is that Stewart (now old and a senator) once killed Liberty Valance - the meanest, ruthless man in town. Once the "real" story is revealed to the town's newspaper editor for the story he's certain he's just got to have, he makes a dynamic statement about leaving a legend "a legend" (leaving the senator's dignity intact and the legend living on). Some things are just best left unspoken.
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