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''Shane'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film from Paramount,〔''Variety'' film review; April 15, 1953, page 6.〕〔''Harrison's Reports'' film review; April 18, 1953, page 63.〕 noted for its landscape cinematography and contributions to the genre.〔Andrew, Geoff. "Shane", ''Time Out Film Guide'', Time Out Guides Ltd., London, 2006.〕 It was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A. B. Guthrie, Jr., based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer. Its Oscar-winning cinematography was by Loyal Griggs. The film stars Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur (in the last feature, and only color, film of her career)〔Vermilye, J: Jean Arthur: A Biofilmography. AuthorHouse (2012), p. 143.〕 and Van Heflin, and features Brandon deWilde, Elisha Cook, Jr., Jack Palance and Ben Johnson.〔 ''Shane'' was listed No. 45 in the 2007 edition of AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list, and No. 3 on AFI's 10 Top 10 in the 'Western' category. ==Plot== Shane (Alan Ladd), a skilled, laconic gunslinger with a mysterious past,〔 rides out of the desert and into an isolated valley in the sparsely settled state of Wyoming some time after enactment of the Homestead Act of 1862. At dinner with a pioneer homesteader, Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) and his wife, Marian (Jean Arthur), he learns that a war of intimidation is being waged on the valley's homesteaders.〔 The ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer) is trying to run them out and seize their land. Starrett offers Shane a job, and he accepts. At the town's general store, Shane, Starrett and other homesteaders are loading up supplies. Shane enters the saloon adjacent to the store, where Ryker's men are drinking, and orders a soda pop. Chris Calloway (Ben Johnson), one of Ryker's men, throws a shot of whiskey on Shane's shirt. "Smell like a man!" he taunts. Shane doesn't rise to the bait; but at their next encounter Shane orders two shots of whiskey, pours one on Calloway's shirt and throws the other in his face, then knocks him to the ground. A brawl ensues; Shane prevails, with Starrett's help. Ryker declares that the next time they meet, "the air will be filled with gunsmoke." Starrett's son Joey (Brandon deWilde) is drawn to Shane and his gun. Shane shows him how to wear a holster and demonstrates his shooting skills; but Marian interrupts the lesson. Guns, she says, are not going to be a part of her son's life. There is an obvious, mysterious attraction between Shane and Marian. Shane counters that a gun is a tool, no better nor worse than an axe, shovel, or any other tool. A gun, he says, is as good or as bad as the man using it. Marian retorts that everyone would be better off if there weren't any guns, including Shane's, in the valley. Jack Wilson (Jack Palance), an unscrupulous, psychopathic gunfighter who works for Ryker, taunts Frank "Stonewall" Torrey (Elisha Cook, Jr.), a hot-tempered ex-Confederate homesteader. Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and "all the rest of them rebs" are "Southern trash," Wilson says. "You're a low-down, lying Yankee," responds Torrey. "Prove it," Wilson replies—and when the inexperienced farmer goes for his gun, shoots him dead. Fear spreads through the valley. At Torrey's funeral many homesteaders talk of surrendering their land to Ryker; but after they unite to fight a fire set by Ryker's men, they find new determination, and resolve to continue the fight against Ryker's evil ambitions. Ryker invites Starrett to a meeting at the saloon to negotiate a settlement—and then orders Wilson to kill him when he arrives. Calloway, unable to tolerate Ryker's treachery any longer, warns Shane of the double-cross. Starrett says he will shoot it out with Wilson if he has to, and asks Shane to look after Marian and Joey if he dies. Shane says he must go instead, because Starrett is no match for Wilson in a gunfight. Starrett is adamant, and Shane is forced to knock him unconscious, to Marian's dismay. Is he doing this for her, she asks? Yes, replies Shane; and for Joey, and for all the decent people who want a chance to live in peace in the valley. Shane enters the saloon. He and Ryker are both relics of the Old West, he says, but Ryker hasn't realized it yet. Then he turns to Wilson; "I hear that you're a low-down Yankee liar," he says. Wilson again replies, "Prove it." Shane kills Wilson, and then Ryker as he draws a hidden gun. Ryker's brother Morgan, overhead in a dark balcony, has Shane in his rifle sight; but Joey, who followed Shane into town, shouts a warning, and Shane shoots Morgan as well. The battle is over, the settlers have won, and Shane tells Joey that he must move on. "Now you run on home to your mother," he says, "and tell her ... tell her everything's all right. There aren't any more guns in the valley." As Joey reaches out, blood drips onto his hands; Shane's left arm hangs limply at his side as he mounts his horse. He rides out of town, past the grave markers on Cemetery Hill and toward the mountains, his body slumped forward in the saddle, ignoring Joey's desperate cries of "Shane! Come back!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shane (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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