Review of Shane (1953) by Adam R — 16 Nov 2014

Solid, well-made Western with a better-than-average cast.

The plot is rather prosaic, where a lone gunfighter sides with destitute homesteaders in an effort to protect them from domineering ranchers. Along the way, he tries to cleanse himself of the sins he committed in his previous life as a gunfighter.

Verges on cliche in parts (it does rely, a little too much, on genre conventions), it is still a respectable, classy Western.