118 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … Alan Ladd doesn’t work for me as a gunfighter… his blonde hair, pretty features, and waifish body (only 5’6”!) just don’t jibe with being a tough guy in the west … barroom brawl scenes didn’t work for me either .. and Ryker the cattle man does try to reason with the homesteaders, he’s not a true villain. The scenery is great, the grubby clothes work, the sexual vibe between Shane and the married Jean Arthur was sort of interesting, Jack Palance is good as a scary guy, but this is an overrated movie, not one I’d recommend or put on a top list (though John Farr liked it).