Shane (1953) Review
George Stevens's foundational classical Western. Alan Ladd as the title gunfighter.
Jack Palance won Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers at seventy-three and performed one-armed push-ups on stage during his acceptance speech.
Shane gives him Wilson, a gunfighter who says almost nothing and whose first killing establishes the film’s stakes entirely. His face was reconstructed after burns from a bomber crash during the war, which produced the taut appearance that defined his casting. He was nominated twice previously, for Sudden Fear and Shane.
Alan LaddGeorge Stevens's foundational classical Western. Alan Ladd as the title gunfighter.
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