A lawyer, Senator Ransom Stoddard, returns to Shinbone for Tom Doniphon's funeral and shares the story of his past with a local editor. He arrived in town years earlier with nothing but law books after a stagecoach robbery by Liberty Valance, a local outlaw. Stoddard gets a kitchen job at the Ericsons' restaurant, where he meets his future wife Hallie. The territory is seeking statehood, and Stoddard is chosen as a representative over Valance, who continues to terrorize the town.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The senator's return to a Western town for an old friend's funeral sets in motion a tale of his own roots.
