User:Butlerblog/Westerns/The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (short story)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a short story written by American author Dorothy M. Johnson in 1949. It was made into a 1962 American Western film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, directed by John Ford, a song (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, released by Gene Pitney also in 1962, and a 2014 stage play by Jethro Compton.

The film gave rise to the commonly misquoted phrase: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend".

Characters

 * Ransome (Ranse) Foster
 * Bert Barricune
 * Hallie
 * Liberty Valance
 * Joe Mosten
 * Jake Dowitt