directed by: George Stevens, year: 1953
actors: Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance

Shane is a 1953 American Western directed by George Stevens. The story follows a weary, gunslinging drifter who becomes a reluctant protector for a small homestead family caught in a brutal feud with a powerful rancher. Amid the high plains and quiet frontier towns, the stranger forms a wary bond with the land's stubborn matriarch and the boy who longs for a hero. Refracting myth and frontier morality, the film examines loyalty, violence, and the price of standing up for others.

American West, Western, Classic Western, Drama, Frontier, Gunslinger