Shane, a laconic but skilled gunfighter with a mysterious past, [5] rides into an isolated valley in the sparsely settled Wyoming Territory in 1889. A drifter, he is hired as a farmhand by …

It starts with a great story, the story of Shane (Alan Ladd), a quiet gunslinger who is trying to escape his past and befriends a pioneer family who have settled out west.

Sep 3, 2000 · Yes, on the surface, Shane is the gunfighter who wants to leave his past behind him, who yearns for the sort of domesticity he finds on Joe Starrett’s place in the Grand Tetons.

Alan Ladd plays the title character, a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family.

Shane, American western film, released in 1953, that is a classic of the genre, noted for exploiting the elegiac myths of the Old West via a unique juxtaposition of gritty realism and painstakingly …

The greatest story of the West ever filmed! A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Shane is an American Western television series which aired on ABC in 1966. It was based on the 1949 book of the same name by Jack Schaefer and the 1953 classic film starring Alan Ladd. …

Enigmatic gunslinger Shane rides into a small Wyoming town with hopes of quietly settling down as a farmhand. Taking a job on homesteader Joe Starrett's farm, Shane is drawn into a battle …

Shane (1953) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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