User:Butlerblog/Westerns/The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (short story)
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a short story written by American author Dorothy M. Johnson in 1949. It was made into a 1962 American Western film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, directed by John Ford,[1] a song (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, released by Gene Pitney also in 1962, and a 2014 stage play by Jethro Compton.[2]
The film gave rise to the commonly misquoted phrase: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend".[3]
Characters
- Ransome (Ranse) Foster
- Bert Barricune
- Hallie
- Liberty Valance
- Joe Mosten
- Jake Dowitt
See also
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 1962 film
- (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - 1962 song
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 2014 stage play
References
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Bijman, M. (15 June 2018). "The mystery of the misquoted quote from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"". Seven Circumstances. Retrieved 14 August 2022.