Shane
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Director: George Stevens
Writer: A. B. Guthrie Jr., Jack Sher, Jack Schaefer
Producer: George Stevens
Shane is a 1953 American Western film directed and produced by George Stevens and starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon deWilde and Jack Palance. The screenplay, written by A. B. Guthrie Jr. (with contributions from Jack Sher), is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer.
Trivia
- Won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color.
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film; and 2 more.
- Based on Shane (1949 novel by Jack Schaefer).
- Shane was expensive for a Western movie at the time with a cost of $3.1 million.
- The physical setting is the high plains near Jackson, Wyoming, and many shots feature the Grand Teton massif looming in the near distance.
- The fictional town and Starrett homestead were constructed for the film near Kelly, in the Jackson Hole valley, and demolished after filming was completed.
Filming Locations
- Wyoming
Previous Showings
3 Runs • 1 Festival
621 tickets sold
Original Billings: 2 runs (July 29, 1953 - October 9, 1959)
Original Run: July 29, 1953 (Wednesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (3):
- July 29, 1953 (Wednesday - Saturday)Alan Ladd, Van Heflin
- October 9, 1959 (Friday - Tuesday)Alan Ladd
- November 13 - 14, 2025 · 621 ticketsClassic Westernsw/ The Gunfighter