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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Shane is a good man who gets involved with the struggle to help the homesteaders out of the goodness of his heart. [[spoiler:He's also a badass enough gunslinger to effortlessly gun down Rufus Ryker and Jack Wilson practically at once.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Depending HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Depending on how you interpret the ending, Shane either died as a result of his wound, or realized that gunslingers have no place in a small town any longer and left.]]
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! Chris Calloway (Ben Johnson)
! Grafton (Edgar Buchanan)
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! Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur)
! Joe Starrett (Van Heflin)
! Joey Starrett (Brandon De Wilde)
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* ButtMonkey
* DeterminedHomesteader
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* HeyItsThatGuy
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! Grafton (Edgar Buchanan)
! Frank "Stonewall" Torrey (Elisha Cook, Jr.)
! Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur)
! Joe Starrett (Van Heflin)
! Joey Starrett (Brandon De Wilde)
! Jack Wilson (Jack Palance)
! Chris Calloway (Ben Johnson)
! Grafton (Edgar Buchanan)
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