Top Billed Cast

Alan Ladd
Shane
Jean Arthur
Marian Starrett
Van Heflin
Joe Starrett
Brandon De Wilde
Joey Starrett
Jack Palance
Jack Wilson
Ben Johnson
Chris Calloway
Edgar Buchanan
Fred Lewis
Emile Meyer
Rufus Ryker
Elisha Cook Jr.
Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Douglas Spencer
Axel 'Swede' Shipstead
John Dierkes
Morgan Ryker
Ellen Corby
Liz Torrey
Paul McVey
Sam Grafton
John Miller
Bartender Will Atkey
Edith Evanson
Mrs. Shipstead
Leonard Strong
Ernie Wright
Ray Spiker
Axel Johnson
Janice Carroll
Susan Lewis
Martin Mason
Ed Howells
Helen Brown
Martha Lewis
Nancy Kulp
Mrs. Howells
Ewing Miles Brown
Ryker Man (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Ryker Man (uncredited)
Chick Hannan
Ryker Man (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
Ryker Man (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Ryker Man (uncredited)
Henry Wills
Ryker Man (uncredited)
Alana Ladd
Little Girl (uncredited)
David Ladd
Little Boy (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Yank Potts (uncredited)
Charles Quirk
Clerk (uncredited)
George Stevens
Knock Him Into That Pigpen, Chris! (voice) (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn
Ruth Lewis (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed Jun 21 2017

A man has to be what he is Joey, can't break the mould. Shane is a weary gunslinger, one day he happens upon a homesteader family and begins to do chores for them, he finds an inner peace that he long thought was behind him. Sadly his peace is short lived because a strong arm cattle baron is determined to drive all the small farmer families off their land, and Shane finds himself drawn into the escalating conflict. Taken from Jack Schaefer's popular novel, Shane holds up today as one of the most popular revered Westerns because it has mass appeal to the watching public. The main plot stra...