Episode #138

Shane

(1953)

You’re a low-down Yankee liar! This week, it’s the film that just might be THE prototypical western, the template for so much that followed: the lone gunslinger who rides into town and tries to go straight. In this case, it’s Shane, and he’s taken in by a family terrorized by cattle owners who want their land. Will Shane stick to the straight and narrow? Or will he stand up for his new family when they can’t?