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Shane

1953Movie1 h 58 minNR

83

GreatGoodWatch score

83

GreatGoodWatch score

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Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Good for

Date night
Family movie night
Friends night

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Fingerprint

Pulls you in.
Makes you care deeply.
Keeps you on edge.
Hits close to home.
Feels like comfort food.

Not for laughs or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 91Audiences 77GoodWatch 83
Tomatometer97%
Metascore85
Audience score81%
IMDb7.6
Letterboxd · 43 K ratings3.7/5
User score7.5
Box office
6.5×its budget
Budget
$3 M
Worldwide
$20 M
Worldwide it earned $17 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 58 min
A typical length for dramas, +9 min on the typical 109
typical 109118
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 18 countries, rent or buy in 29 more
+8
Released
1953
April 23, 1953
73 years ago
Genres
DramaWestern
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids.
24 of 34
Directing · 2
George Stevens Director, Producer
John R. Coonan Assistant Director
Writing · 3
A.B. Guthrie Jr. Screenplay
Jack Schaefer Novel
Jack Sher Dialogue
Production · 1
Ivan Moffat Associate Producer
Camera · 1
Loyal Griggs Director of Photography
Editing · 2
William Hornbeck Editor
Tom McAdoo Editor
Sound · 7
Victor Young Original Music Composer
Sidney Cutner Orchestrator
Harry Lindgren Sound Recordist
George Parrish Orchestrator
John C. Hammell Music Editor
Leo Shuken Orchestrator
Art · 3
Hal Pereira Art Direction
Walter H. Tyler Art Direction
Emile Kuri Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Edith Head Costume Design
Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
Farciot Edouart Visual Effects
Gordon Jennings Visual Effects
Lighting · 1
Vic Jones Gaffer
Other crew · 9
John Indrisano Stunt Coordinator
Henry Wills Stunts
Ray Spiker Stunts
Paul Baxley Stunt Double
Danny Sands Stunts
Russell Saunders Stunt Double

Tropes

Ineffectual Sympathetic Villainin 331 titlesInverted in terms of casting. Elisha Cook Jr.Bang, Bang, BANGin 97 titlesThere are some damned loud guns in this movie.All 48 tropes

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