John Wayne's Coolest Scenes #16: Steak, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962)
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Pacifist lawyer Ransom Stoddard (Jimmy Stewart) is helping wait tables for his keep.
Enter a dreaded adversary--local gunslinger and outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin).
Valance humiliates Stoddard. But Tom Donaphin (John Wayne) stands up to the bully.
The result is a tense, life-or-death stand-off over a dropped steak.
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John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Strother Martin, Woody Strode,Edmond O' Brien, James Stewart....
What a cast!
You left out Andy Devine
How could anyone leave out Vera Miles?
And Vera Myles
Miles?
It was a sensational film from 1962, there were many great ones that year, this was one of them!!!!!
Three tremendous actors at the absolute peak of their talents. The tension in this scene is thicker than the steaks. Incredible performance.
Thicker than the steaks! I like that
I count more than 3 of the actors there were at their peak.
Woody Strode was a great actor. Underrated for sure. Good in everything he did.
@@Lew5461 Agreed. A much underrated actor of his time. Everytime he came on, my mood went up.
i see 5..greets
Doesn't get much better than this...The most underrated Western of all time a True Classic.!!!!
I don't think it's underrated at all: it's a well known as a masterpiece of the genre.
Second only to The Magnificent Seven (1960)
@@cyrneco I agree. This is a well acknowledged western and in numerous top 10 lists. Michael just baiting for likes
@@thedeerhunter32 you maybe right, I'm not all that smart when it comes to social media and it occurs to me only now that you pointed that out...
@@FrankIsAlwaysRight way better than the magnificent 7 !! This is up there with SHANE!
John Ford director, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Lee Marvin. Doesn't get any better than this.
George Stevens, Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur + a young Jack Palance? :)
@@joedellaselva1251 Yes, Shane was pretty good too.
Add Dennis Hopper and Bruce Dern, Robert Mitchum.
It does if Strother Martin, Woody Strode, and Lee van Cleef are also there.
It does. FOR A FEW MORE DOLLARS. Lee Van Cleef bar scene disrespecting the bad guy.
Clint Eastwood movie. 2nd out the trilogy.
Lee Marvin is absolutely epic in this film. His voice, his smile and complete figure and moves- simply fascinating. But another western genius appears in this film- Lee Van Cleef.
Don' forget Edmund O'BRIAN and John Carradine
John Wayne movies need a good (really bad) villain, and we're seldom disappointed.
Claude Akins was the man you loved to hate in "Rio Bravo".
Claude Akins was the man you loved to hate in a LOT of films. But in terms of acting ability, he was no Lee Marvin.
Don’t forget Strother Martin. One of the great character actors of his time.
Cool Hand Luke
One of the Duke 's finest westerns, right along with "The Searchers " and "Red River."
Great movie! No gratuitous sex scene, no profanity, and you didn’t know what happened until the end.
Noneya Business Gee, that description works for “The Avengers”.
One of the single greatest lines in western cinematic history -- "when the legend becomes fact, print the legend." So damn true too!
easily satisfied, ain't ya?
That's because with the lack of talent in Hollywood today, it takes gratuitous sex, profanity and cgi to get people to watch this garbage they're calling entertainment, back then the quality of the cast would make or break a movie....
Westerns were WAY before my time, from a different generation, but whenever I see one on TV it always grips me for the reason you mention. The tension, the atmosphere, the confrontations, it's just really tense edge-of-the-seat entertainment.
Lee Marvin should have won an Oscar for his portrayal here he was truly terrifying in this part.
It would’ve been nice if Marvin and Marlon Brando did a western going at each other.
@@DMalltheway never liked brando
@@jerrywoods4066 One of the best
@@DMalltheway nope
@@jerrywoods4066 Ok
Awesome stellar casts, brilliant acting, script and dialogs we can never forget all our lives. They don't and can't make them anymore. It's a total shame and injustice Lee Marvin was not awarded an Oscar for this!!
He Won in cat ballou
As someone old enough to appreciate and remember I can't disagree more.
The difference between can and can't.
Sad to see but you know there are folk who close their minds at some point.
He was killed in this movie, he couldn't attend the Oscar's! LOL
Wayne was always better when he had a strong cast around him; upping his game to meet the competition, so to speak. In this case, Marvin.
@user-mw1xu8fy9u John Wayne did not need a strong cast to act with, all of his parts were basically written for him, but other actors that are good definitely help a movie!
The year this came out, I was in High School, working at a Drive In Movie... in the snack bar.. I saw this for a full week.. that summer of 62.. I'll never forget this movie... ever.
It always provokes a belly laugh when the Duke boots Strother Martin without taking his eyes off Liberty. It really ramps up the tension, but it's a perfect shot and is hilarious. And no they don't make them like that anymore.
I agree. It's a beautiful touch. And genuinely funny.
I agree, and the look in Strother’s characters face as he backs away says a lot in fear/respect for a better man.
And the sound effect...BAP! Perfect
Love this movie and this scene is great. The Duke delivers a perfect kick to the chops without even looking!
Best kick ever
Lee Marvin playing dangerously unhinged 30 years before Joe Pesci, and at least as terrifying.
He was a badass!
The Bible says there's nothing new under the sun. I miss John Wayne.
@@danflory6340 In real life also.
Good comparison.
Well, he was a combat Marine, so....He could talk the talk cuz he had already walked the walk.
One of the best scenes of John Wayne. His presence here was overpowering, and even Lee Marvin looked worried.
Lee was paid t o look worried.lol
That is because he was a far superior actor than Wayne and if was real life, Wayne would be worried. Marvin would have kicked that doll collector's ass.
@@johnharris8191...and my dad can beat your dad. So you are not a Wayne fan, but how old are you?
@@gigie555I never said I was not a Wayne fan, I said "he was not a great actor." There is a huge difference between a great actor and a movie star. Wayne was a movie star.
Although some actors become both, Wayne did not. Struther Martin, Jimmy Stewart, Charles Durning, Lee Marvin, Walter Matthau, Robert De Niro (estranged asshole that he is), Jack Nicholson, Louis Gossett Jr, Al Pacino, and Marlon Brando are/were great actors. Wayne never used period-correct guns in his movies and at the end of The Sons of Katie Elder he fired his Colt SAA 6-shot revolver 13 times without reloading. If he had needed 14 he would have had it because he was John Damn Wayne. Lonesome Dove was written for him and Jimmy Stewart but they knew Wayne could not pull it off. Wayne was also the only Hollywood tough guy who collected dolls, LMAO. I am 75 and I will not join in on the child stuff about our dads, Junior.
@@johnharris8191 Agreed about Lee Marvin. However,I dont care at all whether John Wayne collected dolls. I never heard that.
This is one of the best movies that needs to always be shown.
It is not commie enough for our masters.
In other words...taken off the propaganda list.
It's as good as The Searchers.
@U2. You can't let it go, can you? The hatred... Don't know why you went off the deep end, or when, but it's not my problem. It's yours... Still a great movie, though. That's what's important. Not your paranoia, pilgrim...
John Wayne's Quote has always stuck with me, " Life is tough, but it's alot tougher if you're stupid!"
As a stupid person, I agree.
"A brain is like a bag, it's useless if there's nothing in it"
SGT Stryker. Sands of Iwo jima.
You do what you think is best
Hondo
Wooooo weeeeeee! Ah remembah dat ol' quote back when I's was knee hagh ta a grasshoppah! Yessah
The main three actors at their peak. All good friends in real life. Movies don’t get better than this
@richspinacl8293 Wayne and Stewart somewhat *_past_* their peak.
@@stddisclaimer8020 Umm, no .
@@nowayoutbutup3122 At the age of 55: Umm, YES.
@@stddisclaimer8020 baloney
@@jamesbrice6619 Age 55 is definitely "over-the-hill," be they a "baloney" or a salami actor.
That kick to the face of Struthers Martin is one of the classics
@Sam Spade When my late father got too old to move I bought a lot of old John Wayne DVD's. His favorite part in the 1rst Rooster Cogburn movie was when the young gal was dealing with Stuthers over a horse. Dads favorite line was (Rooster) "was a notorious thumper." Mine is the kick in the face in the cafe.
oh yeah ... love that part LOL
@@mikeblackford994 -- Strother Martin himself said he never laughed so hard as when he saw that final cut. It was shot as a closeup too---but, the master shot was much funnier.
@William Hutchinson 😅😅😅😂😂freaking ass kisser ,he oughta get kicked in the teeth lol
That movie with strother Martin,,, was TRUE GRIT,,,,Kim Darby was Mattie(baby sister) Ross,,the other Marshall was Glen Campbell LA Beof.,,,
As a kid I saw this movie early 60’s.. I was affected by the tension in each mans performance. It made quite an impression on me. I have always felt that Jimmie Stewart was the finest American actor ever.. that’s not fair, just my opinion. They don’t make em like these boys any more. God Bless them all. The long, the short and the tall.
Watched this movie with my father many times wish I can watch with him one more time RIP theodore
I agree about Jimmy Stewart. Watch the scene when George Bailey goes to the bar after he loses the money. Perfect acting, absolutely convincing.
Its no coincidence that Stewart played the two nicest and most admired characters in cinematic history - George Bailey and Elwood P. Dowd
Don't forget Lee van Cleef. He was so cool in this movie.
Excelente escena con lee marvin y john wayne
Just 3 yrs before Col. Mortimer
Cool and smart, too--he had the smarts to take the bottle of liquor.
In the movie he looks like he's ready to take over when Liberty goes nuts or gets shot--always watching.
Before he got his nose enhancement job
Absolutely one of the best Westerns ever made. It's so good that I'm sure Hollywood will one day ruin it and do a remake.
Bite your tongue! Someone would be MAD to attempt that.
Like the remakes of Ben Hur , the day the earth stood still , and the magnificent seven
@@laff000 "The Magnificent Seven" remake, now that's a sore spot.
The Man Who brought Back Liberty and Virtue.....????😇🕊️😉
You got that right, it’ll turn out like the power of the Dog. The gayest piece of shit you’ll ever see
What our country needs is more John Waynes
I really needs more James Stewarts who were the real deal.
What a giant racist drunk bully that managed to avoid two wars I think you're countries got plenty of them now Lee Marvin he was a whole different story
Just as Seth Thomas said, we need more of James Stewart's character. But courage is a scarce commodity in today's America. We have degenerated into a herd of sheeple.
What our country needs is less phony insurrectionists and more true patriots.
John Wayne, Johnny Cash, Ronald Regan all needed.
Lee Van Cleef has priorities.
Which one was Lee Van Cleef?
@@texasrockshillcountry6574 The Valance gang guy that didn't get kicked in the face.
@@texasrockshillcountry6574 The one that wanted his Whisky bottle back.
@@texasrockshillcountry6574
last out grabbed bottle
Lee was the "bad", one.
I was waiting for Strother Martin to say "what we have here is a failure to communicate."
Damn, that was a great scene. Everyone played the their character right to the edge; Wayne, Marvin and of course Stewart. Even the kick by Wayne, just fit perfectly into the emotions of the scene. I'll be watching this tonight. Thanks.
The casting was the best...
The kick was great - executed without taking his eye off of Valance and like a flick of the wrist swatting a fly down, leaving no doubt how dangerous he can be.
You left out Lee Van Cleef. Just like in _High Noon_ the man could make his presence felt without uttering one word. Then Strother Martin being the loyal lacky and Woody Strode were totally convincing in this film. Even Andy Devine *bravely* jumping up and fleeing added to this scene. Just wish we could've heard him talk 😂
It would have been so cool if John Wayne would've said, after kicking Strother Martin _"what we have here, is a failure to communicate"_ 😂😂😂
Edit: Yes I know I left out beautiful Vera Miles and Shug Fisher.
I once saw an interview with Lee Marvin, this hard nosed ex marine who truly did appear menacing on film, was well spoken, humble, quiet and never swore, not even a "Damn", so different than today's Foul Mouthed up themselves drama Queen "actors" who need motivational directors to tell them how to wipe their own backsides.
Clark gable
The french dubbing seems more explicit to me, it goes like that : "It WAS my steak, Valance...".
Watched that gem for the first time in Saigon, Vietnam, long, long ago...
Amen and well said, hoss✝️🇺🇸🤠
Dirty Dozen was a classic too.
@@Dirtyharry70585 Yessir. And a good idea too!✝️🇺🇸🤠
I'm going back to these old movies...more and more.
The camera zooms in on Vera as she recoils under the hungry eye of Liberty. Brilliant directorial touch. She is comfortably in charge in the presence of the other men but not the predatorial outlaw.
I remember as a young man, having never seen this movie before and renting it for the first time. It was then I developed a deep admiration for John Wayne, and John Ford the great director that the Duke made so many films with... Great movie, with an all-star studded cast.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
"I'll get it Liberty", WHACK!
One of the GREATEST scenes in movie history
I agree
Golden
This movie along with "The Searchers" are two of the very best Westerns ever made. Too bad they didn't use Gene Pitney's theme song for this movie. That would have been very, very cool.
That song by Gene Pitney was Inconsistent with the movie. I heard an interview with Gene and he said he recorded the record without seeing the movie. Listen to the lyrics.
'Shane' was one of the best as well.
Shane was Great.
The best: True Grit, The Searchers, Shane and The Outlaw Josey Wales
@@greghilbers4697 I listened to the lyrics, and I think the song was very consistent with the movie's storyline. It definitely was a lot better than the musical crap they used for the movie's theme song.
I loved it when he booted the giggler upside his head
James Stewart ALWAYS showed humility in his roles, even at his most degrading moments. If anyone deserved to be in John Wayne’s final film: The Shootist; it was James Stewart.
Also, Lee Van Cleef was smart to not take his eyes off The Duke.
He was. He played the Doc.
SGTJDerek
I know buddy, It was a rhetorical comment.
James Stewart may have been the actor with the greatest range ever on the big screen -- Westerns (Far Country, Shenadoah, The Naked Spur, Bend of the River, Destry Rides Again, Broken Arrow, thrillers/suspense(Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window, Vertigo), Comedies (The Philadelphia Story, Harvey,) Penetrating & Heartfelt Dramas(It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) Real Life Portrayals (Glenn Miller Story, Spirit of St. Louis, Carbine Williams, The Stratton Story) and his superb defense attorney in Anatomy of a Murder. So many more. Ask the average young (non-cinema student)moviegoer today and they've probably never heard of him.
@@nunyabiznass3030 He was also a badass bomber pilot in WWII European theater and stayed in the Ready Reserves until retiring as a General in the US Air Force. He was qualified on fighters, multi engine craft and up to and including the B-52 AFAIK. HE was the real life Real Deal.
@@seththomas9105 Brigadier General....he continued his contributions even after the war. He was the highest ranking Hollywood Celebrity in the military.
Lee Van Cleef grabbing the whiskey at the end is gold
But he was a drunk in real life so sad, Thank God for A Few Dollasr More that gave him a second chance.
I'll take JW kicking Strother Martin. With seemingly less effort than swatting a fly.
Well they needed something to put the flames out!
@@Overlord24ohh8
Priorities!
Fabulous film with the Duke at his best and all actors delivering stellar performances. A classic film with real depth.
It was one of his worst performances.
@@johnharris8191 Well I enjoyed it.
@@crissignori7482 I enjoy all of Wayne's westerns although he was not a great actor. He pretty much always played the same role. He got better in later years, l think his last role was his best.
Jimmy Stewart was the only man who could make a lawyer look sympathetic.
I sure do miss John Wayne 😢
There all gone now all we have are the MOVIES.
Was my dad's favourite actor. Must have seen all his films growing up but my favourite was True Grit.
Yeah, not only one of my favorite scenes in a John Wayne movie but in all of motion pictures!!! I just love it when someone stands up to the bully!!! The talents in this scene is just incredible!!! One of my favorite John Wayne movies!!! ☮️🖖🏽
Out of all the great scenes the Duke has been in seemingly countless movies, this scene was and always will be #1.
Lee Marvin, arguably one of the greatest villains in film history. John Wayne= GOAT…Jimmy Stewart, trying to make sense of the animalistic behavior, becomes a powerful man in later life. Great movie..
I have to disagree with that. Wayne could not act worth a tinker's damn. He had screen presence which made him a movie star. There is a huge difference between the two.
@@johnharris8191 having a “screen presence” IS acting. He didn’t always have it. He developed it over time. For someone who “ couldn’t act”, I’d say he done pretty well for himself..
@@johnharris8191 he could act
@@johnharris8191 He didn't have to for the most but see him in The Cowboys and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as John Ford once said "that SOB can act".
@@johnharris8191: I guess you never saw True Grit, El Dorado, The Cowboys, etc, etc.
Whenever I'd watch this movie ad a kid with my grandfather, he'd always clap at the moment when Valance looks over his shoulder and sees Pompey with the carbine.
My boy Pompey
I just gave a clap in honor of your grandfather.
U Valance...u pick it up.
Pompey with a Winchester actually 😉.
It only takes *one* person to confront and stand up to a bully to show everyone that he is indeed a coward. Great scene.
Marvin did not portray a coward, he never did and after all, in real life he was only facing a doll collector. I do not know how he kept from busting out laughing
A memorable scene from the greatest western of all time.
Top five for sure. I always thought The Searchers was Wayne's best work.
Big Jake , El Dorado, tombstone .
Shane would have something to say about that the show down with Jack Palance in the saloon was as good or better
@@michaelhull63 I can't argue with that Micheal. Those are my two absolute favorite classic westerns.
@Terry Murphy so true I can't pass it up and I have the script memorized lol "So your Jack Wilson Ive heard about you" "What have you heard Shane"? "Ive heard that your a low down Yankee liar".."PROVE IT" AWW words to live by
This, along with the baptism scene in Godfather 1, is my favourite single scene in movie history. I just love the way John Wayne never takes his eye of Liberty and his hand is always by his gun, even when explaining there's a rifle on the three of them as well! Brilliant minute details!!
Marvin was equally sadistic in The Big Heat with Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. He could play some of the most hateful characters brilliantly.
Love a good dose of John Wayne in the morning
Classic confrontation! John Wayne is fearless and Lee Marvin is scary as hell. Thanks for posting these.
Bullies never go away. Back in the old days and today. Seems to never end. Real life facts. Sad. we need more John Wayne's in 2022.
Lee Marvin, a US Marine, he was something, ..a bunch of great actors....Salute them all!
Lee van Cleef was in the Navy in WWII and got a Bronze Star.
@@TracySmith-xy9tq another great actor
@@TracySmith-xy9tq Did he get shot? Lee Marvin did.
Lee Marvin. What a voice. His onscreen presence oozes badass from every pore of his body.
I love when Ranch picks up the steak, then drops it again, then slams it down at the table.....love Dutton Peabodys reaction....
My favorite Western of ALL time !!!!!!!
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, played mean like Lee Marvin. The air of sinister malevolence that he exuded in this movie and in others where he played the heavy is utterly awe-inspiring. In fact, he plays a sociopath so well in this movie that its actually hard to watch. But in person, Lee Marvin was an incredibly deep, contemplative, deliberative and considerate human being. I watched an interview he gave on the Mike Douglas show...or maybe it was Dick Cavett, I can't recall, but I was impressed by his thoughtful, cogent commentary. Lee Marvin truly was one of the greats. BTW, a lot of people don't know this but Lee was a US Marine and was wounded during the Central Pacific campaign (I think at Tarawa, but I can't recall). That experience, and watching others being wounded and killed around him, gave Marvin particular insight in the mannerisms and jerky body movements of someone who has been shot, and it all comes into play in the last scene of "The Killers". One last thing...Lee is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Not Tarawa. He was wounded at Saipan a year afterwards. It was every bit as bad as Tarawa
The Big Red One. Brilliant.
jack pallance did.
The Marines don't just build men. They build character.
Lee Marvin could also be funny as hell. He was hilarious in Donovan's Reef and an absolute riot in Paint Your Wagon.
Lee Marvin was the most convincing hard man I ever saw in film. Maybe due to the fact that he was a former marine. I loved any film he was in.
Yes ... he was wounded in Sipan Islands in WW II
Agreed. He stole the show in the Wild One.
I don't know. Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear was awfully convincing.
Ain't that right counselor.
I agree! He is a great actor in films !!
Not a big fan, but I'm glad for ya. I heard he pees on a Japanese guy in one film, I'm sure you'll love that.
John Wayne was cool anywhere anytime whether it was in the movies or on network tv. He was himself on the first episode of the third season of Maude. Very classy moment.
Wayne: "Hmmm,
This Is Quite Clever".
"A Hairy Coaster"
(Which Was Walter's
Toupeé, That He
Accidentally Left
On The Coffee
Table).
~ 🤣😂😆
He also made a cameo appearance on the Beverly hillbillies and all he asked for pay was a nice bottle of bourbon, he was the best!!!
@@touco9077 red Skelton show. The western episode when they both had eye patches
he was gay, and admitted it, lol.
@@777atys6 bull lol
I must have seen this film at least 20 times. First time was at the old Orpheum Theater in downtown Portland, Oregon in 1962 when I was 14 years old. IMO, it's Wayne's best...even better than "The Searchers" and that's saying something. The whole cast is perfect, and they're working with a terrific story. Not only do the stars shine in this film, but the cast is filled out with some of the best character actors ever ... Carradine, Strode, Van Cleef, Martin, Murray, DeVine, Pyle...the list goes on and on. One thumb up...way up!!
I probably saw this at the Orpheum theater in Portland in 1962 Also!
@@greghilbers4697 Hey...Hermano !!
I saw it for the first time in 1969 when I was nine sitting on our living room floor in s.e. Portland sellwood neighborhood when there was a rainstorm and we couldn't go outside to play. Sure don't need a rainstorm to watch it now!
Yes, as someone said below, that kick from Wayne made my day
That steakhouse always makes me hungry 😋 whenever I watch this top film
The man who shot Liberty Valance ...he was the bravest of them all
Dad's favorite back in the day. Miss ya dad!
🌹
My dad too. I still have his collection of VHS tapes of John Wayne movies that he recorded himself.
When the legend becomes fact......print the legend.
One of my Favorite John Wayne movies. Quiet Man #1.
An incredible film. One of the greatest westerns ever, no doubt about; it's message, it's themes, linger with you long after the movie ends, the sign of any great work of art. Interesting that Liberty's verminous little band comprise of Lee Van Cleef, the great Spaghetti Western villain and Strother Martin, responsible for iconic performances in "Cool Hand Luke" and "Butch Cassidy....". What a legendary bunch of baddies.
Lee Marvin & Van Cleef cannot but mean double trouble 😬 what a masterpiece!!!
If Jack palance joined them then I would out a there real fast.
John Wayne will always be my film favorite.
DANG...nobody was a better "heavy" than Lee Marvin. But Wayne wasn't afraid of him. Loved it when JW kicked Strother Martin in the face in this scene.
And Wayne and Marvin were the best of friends
@@richspinaci8293, heard the same about JW and Strother Martin. Loved Strother in ROOSTER COGBURN. "I've been everywhere, done everything, seen everything. That's how I know PEOPLE ARE NO DAMN GOOD!"
In real life, Marvin would have kicked Wayne's ass.
@@johnharris8191 Not so much...
@@johnharris8191 it would be close .
Strother was a good actor.
His characters are done well.
He's great in The Wild Bunch.
His small scene in butch Cassidy was good
Played the part of the warden in ' cool hand luke '
Hard Times, with Charles Bronson. Excellent! He plays Bronson's cut man at the fights.
Love how the Duke sits contentedly watching everything going on around him as others cower.
The Best Western that ever was and still is.
One of the greatest scenes in a Western
In any movie.
Lee Van Cleef had the eyes happening, even back then.
Oh, yeah. He once said that being born with a pair of beady eyes was one of best things to happen to him.
Good guy or bad guy, Lee Marvin was great.
Biggest frying pan I have ever seen in my 74 yrs !! Love this movie !
What we have here is, a great classic western.
THOSE STEAKS WERE HUGE!
About 20 years ago they had a viewing of “The Man who shot Liberty Valance “open to the public at a theater in Santa Monica, Ca. I went to this. When John Wayne kicked Strother Martin in the face, the audience Erupted with Laughter!
Greg I lived my first 26 years in Santa Monica and i saw Lee Marvin many times just in passing. I think his house was in the Palisades, My parents would go to Ted's Grill in the Santa Monica Canyon and he was there a lot. I was 10 or so, wish i still had that autograph that i got from him.
And Duke Wayne proves he’s the man. Again.
Great scene - in reality Lee Marvin and Jimmy Stewart are the real men - both harden war veterans while Wayne didn’t serve.
@@Mikepleith true but he was 34 and had a 3-A status, also he tried numerous times to enlist so there’s that.
And don’t forget Lee Van Cleef. He also served.
@@duaneho555 No he didn't try to enlist that is NOT true even his great John Ford told him he had to enlist because he was making a fortune in movies on the back of men fighting and losing their lives.Even John Ford who was 12 years older than the draft dodger enlisted and served 2 years in the Navy.Look it up if you don't believe me.Wayne was a phoney patriot.
@@stevecampbell6294 I knew Ford “encouraged” Wayne to join - and that Ford himself was a decorated veteran. The thing is - guys like Stewart and Marvin probably didn’t care - they just did it and didn’t judge while Wayne wraps himself in the flag. I think Stewart fought in 3 wars - Korea and Vietnam? I think he was a pilot who flew a few mission in those wars? Similar to the stars of the day in baseball - I’ll take Ted Willams over Joe DiMaggio any day of the week...
Amazed no one has tried to remake this movie - although, likely, it can't be done. The steak scene is so memorable. Marvin is a scary psychopath. Wayne is a solid brick wall. And Stewart, as the voice of reason, simply can't connect to men like Valance and Donovan - who live by their own set of rules. Just brilliant.
The best key scene in this highly memorable film without a doubt.
Some of the toughest bastards in movie history in one scene. The Duke, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef and Woody Strode. You could line up every movie star of today and these 4 would kick all of their asses.
@Ghent Purdue What? These old timers were bad dudes. A lot of these actors served in the war, shoot, John Ford was in the Pacific filming Japanese attack on US Naval ships.
@Ghent Purdue You seem to be one of those internet dickheads I've heard so much about.
James Stewart was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the second highest service medal while flying 20 missions in B-24's. He also earned the Brigadier General and was instrumental in becoming the U.S. Air Force in 1947.
He also flew the badass B-17 Flying Fortress.
My grandfather’s brother flew 85 missions in a ‘17. 82 in the tail and 3 in the waist.
Lee Marvin was a Marine in WW2 and a Purple Heart recipient. John Wayne was ... a movie actor.
@@mrc6182
He could have joined up but for a college football injury. He was in the B category and 34 year's old, but could still have taken part. Think he was given some bad advice to concentrate on his career and to join later.
Jimmy Stewart joined the army air corps nearly a year before Pearl Harbor. And he never wanted to make a movie based on his wartime history.
@@colindorrans9495 There was a lot of controversy about him playing a soldier in The Green Berets having never been one
The great Lee Marvin!!! A war hero turned actor. Powers Booth channeled Lee Marvin as Liberty Valence in the movie Tombstone.
Very astute- everytime I watch tombstone I always think booth reminds me of a character- now I know👌
Boy what a guy!!!! Actors will come n go, but NEVER will there be another John Wayne! EVER! N what a TRUE American!
This has always been the best western ever - finally getting the love (recognition) it deserves. I saw this in Athens, Greece US Airbase - 1962. This master piece was reputed to have been filmed entirely on the back lot at universal studios. Magic in the backyard! Needless to say- things will never be better.
Keith thanks for your service to our country
The best scene of calling out a bullying punk there ever was!!!
Lee Marvin was no punk.
@JohnHarris...Playing favorites? Comparing hobbies?
P.S. You'd be a lonely man if you said you admired Marvin's character in this film...
Lee Marvin in The Big Red One...one of my favorite movies.
I always liked this movie and this scene. So many great actors in one scene. The thing I always remember about the scene, since I was a kid, was those STEAKS!!! Whole meal probably cost .50.
Less. Much less. 30 cent.
Saw this in a theater with my father when I was 11, back when we still had silver coinage, civil defense drills, unsupervised outdoor play time.
We waiting for the future.
The cartoon before the movie was of the singing frog that belted out "Oh My Baby,.."
John Ford's first western with Wayne was Stagecoach in 1939. He and Wayne did 24 films together. This one was a moving elegy to the passing of the Old West. A perfect cast.
What a kick. Marvin started in the western parody, "Cat Ballou where he played 2 roles, one tweaking the Liberty Valance role, even wearing the same outfit.
RIP, LM
Buried at Arlington........His Stone Reads,,,,,,,,Lee Marvin -US. Marine Corps.
Strother Martin’s maniacal laugh throughout this movie is as iconic as his role in Cool Hand Luke. So much talent involved with this flick, it’s like the western version of The Longest Day
This film was made 6 years after I was born. Of the cast listed, only Vera Miles is still among the living. To see all of these well-known actors walking, talking, acting - and now gone, it kinda makes you think about your own mortality. John Wayne died about a month before my son was born.
Midnight Run your right it’s sad to see all these Hollywood legends gone like Lee Van Cleef in 1989 of heart attack at age 64, Lee Marvin in 1987 also of a heart attack at 63 and I was born 9 months before he passed. James Stewart in 1997, and Woody Strode in 1994 among many others in cast and old school acting legends that are no longer with us.
I have always loved the cackling of Liberty Valance's side kick and the "I'll get it Liberty"
The sound of John's kick to his chops is even better.
I love it when Wayne says, “My boy Pompey, buy the kitchen door” and when Liberty looks, you see and hear the gun get cocked……and that little spin and gun handle grab, he’s lucky he wasn’t shot then and there.
**John Wayne**
**Great Actor** **Great Man** John Wayne Said These Words Of Wisdom:
"My Main Concern In Life, Are The People That Appreciate Me And Enjoy Being Around Me; "But The Rest Of The World, The H... With Them." He Did Not Mean This In A Bad Way; What John Wayne Was Actually Saying Is That: It's What You Make Out Of Life, Not Anyone Else.
Wayne was a movie star and not a great actor at all. There is a huge difference between the two.
Will, we ever get a movie star like John Wayne again
I don't think so.
Only need one and he was it.
No
The trouble with the "try it" part is that, surely, when Liberty made a move for his gun, the Wayne character would have drawn his.
Yeah, Liberty made a bad move. He had his back to Donavan when he started to draw his gun. It looked awkward and if he had continued Donovan would surely have shot him.
@Rusty Climber No, you can't.
I disagree.. Liberty had the advantage and would have struck first..but stopped knowing Pompy was there to shoot him dead also if he tried
Yeah, it's called a gunfight.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, can take a kick to the face like Strother Martin. EPIC!!!
What a cast performing at the top of their game, each and every one
Lee Marvin,still far and away the best baddie in any western of any decade
Jack Palance as the gunfighter Wilson in "Shane", perhaps?
Good to see Lee van Cleef, just a few years before his great roles in For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. ❤️
Lee Marvin actually stole this movie. He was the most interesting character by far.
Bingo.. nothing more right
I haven't seen that movie since I was a kid. I'm going to watch it this week! Love the old westerns!
Westerns don't get better than this. I know all the western movies and there are plenty very good ones to chose. In all aspects of movie making, this one is done excellent. Plot, writing, directing, acting, settings, cinematography, editing, costumes..... This is perfect.