Un senatore torna in una città dell'ovest per il funerale di un vecchio amico e racconta la storia delle sue origini.Un senatore torna in una città dell'ovest per il funerale di un vecchio amico e racconta la storia delle sue origini.Un senatore torna in una città dell'ovest per il funerale di un vecchio amico e racconta la storia delle sue origini.
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- QuizJohn Wayne suggested Lee Marvin for the role of Valance after working with him in I Comanceros (1961).
- BlooperRansom Stoddard, at the school scene, makes a reference to "truck farmer." This phrase refers not to the motorized vehicle, but to the much older use of "truck" meaning barter or commerce.
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Ransom Stoddard: [after he tell Scott who really shot Liberty Valance] Well, you know the rest of it. l went to Washington, and we won statehood. l became the first governor.
Maxwell Scott: Three terms as governor, two terms in the Senate, Ambassador to the Court of St James, back again to the Senate, and a man who, with the snap of his fingers, could be the next vice president of the United States.
Ransom Stoddard: [Scott burns his notes] You're not going to use the story, Mr Scott?
Maxwell Scott: No, sir. This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
- ConnessioniEdited from Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
- Colonne sonoreMain Theme
(The Dew Is On the Blossom) (1939) (uncredited)
from Alba di gloria (1939)
Music by Alfred Newman
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- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 3 minuti
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