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Shane
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #933
- IMDb #927
- Google retired #488
- Rotten Tomatoes #674
- Metacritic #552
- Letterboxd #1391
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #228
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1579
- Metacritic Critics #417
- Metacritic Audience #1286
- Criticker #837
- Kinopoisk #4034
- AlloCiné #1354
- Trakt #1672
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 91, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A weary gunfighter tries to leave his violent past behind and finds work as a farmhand for a homesteader family. He becomes a father figure to their young son and is drawn into a conflict between the homesteaders and a ruthless cattle baron who wants to drive them off their land, forcing him to pick up his gun one last time.
Details
- Director
- George Stevens
- Writer
- A.B. Guthrie Jr.
- Based on
- Shane by Jack Schaefer
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 23 April 1953
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $3.1M
- Box office
- $20.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 14 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Cinematography – Color | Loyal Griggs | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Supporting Actor | Jack Palance | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Director | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Supporting Actor | Brandon deWilde | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Motion Picture | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Screenplay | A.B. Guthrie Jr. | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1953 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1953 | Best Written American Drama | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | Nominee |
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14 awards — Shane
×| Best Cinematography – Color | Loyal Griggs | Winner |
| Best Director | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | A.B. Guthrie Jr. | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jack Palance | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Brandon deWilde | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Written American Drama | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | Nominee |
| Best Director | George Stevens | Winner |
| National Film Registry | Winner |
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Actor | Van Heflin | Nominee |
| Best Director | George Stevens | Nominee |