Dorothy Phillips

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks 'What is truth?' in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit -- An ex-army officer heads home after the war to pursue a career as a television writer, but he soon finds out from his unhappy boss that the industry isn't all that he hoped.

Three bank robbers are about to pull a big heist on a small Arizona mining town, but first they spend time casing the town to get to know the various townsfolk. There's Shelley Martin, a man who is a disappointment to his son because he didn't serve in the war; a seemingly timid bank manager who is a peeping tom by night; an adulterous wife of a local leading citizen; and an Amish farmer who is forced to take violent action when his children are threatened by the criminals.

Based on the novel by Sloan Wilson, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit stars Gregory Peck as a haunted New York executive who defies convention and decides his family is more important than his career in this post-war melodrama scripted and directed by the celebrated Nunnally Johnson (The Three Faces of Eve).

Ranking with Stagecoach as one of the greatest of its genre, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the modern-day western to beat all westerns. John Ford, whose very name is synonymous with " westerns," directed the ideal cast. Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance and bad man: Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). And as if all that weren't enough, the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the Man of the title: John Wayne. Super sincere Stewart and rugged rancher Wayne also share the same love interest (Vera Miles). One gets the gunman, but the other gets the gal.

Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer.

Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the modern-day Western to beat all Westerns. John Ford, whose very name is synonymous with "Westerns," directed the ideal cast. Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance and Bad Man: Liberty Valance. And as if all that weren't enough, the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the Man of the title: John Wayne. Super-sincere Stewart and rugged rancher Wayne also share the same love interest. One gets the gunman but the other gets the gal.

An ex-army officer heads home after the war to pursue a career as a television writer, but he soon finds out from his unhappy boss that the industry isn't all that he hoped.

An ex-army officer heads home after the war to pursue a career as a television writer, but he soon finds out from his unhappy boss that the industry isn't all that he hoped.

Based on the novel by Sloan Wilson, The MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT stars Gregory Peck as a haunted New York executive who defies convention and decides his family is more important than his career in this post-war melodrama scripted and directed by the celebrated Nunnally Johnson (The Three Faces of Eve).

A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums decides to rob the local bank.