Music: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Gene Pitney
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Directed by John Ford
The Posters
Between The Comancheros and Cat Ballou (Oscar), Lee continued his meteoric climb to the Hollywood heights with perhaps his most famous role as Liberty Valence in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Many will agree that Lees viscous performance easily upstages Hollywood greats John Wayne and James Stewart – and perhaps establishing an iconic benchmark for Western villainy. YET, on the official poster (below) we still see Marvin billed a distant 4th behind Stewart (billed first over Wayne?), Wayne, and Vera Miles – with no notable image of Marvin – even though his character (Valance) is in the movies title !!! I’ll never figure out Hollywood marketing.
Look for another furure Western Badguy superstar (yet to emerge) Lee (Van Cleef) as one of Marvin’s henchmen.


(Above) That’s Lee at the bottom … I guess








Love him or hate him, you’d really have to search for a long time to find a lousy picture of John Wayne. This guy was charisma personified.



