Acclaimed the greatest story of the west ever filmed!There's a score to settle... and this is it! SYNOPSIS: One of the landmark and most enduring Westerns of the 1950s, George Stevens' Shane struck a chord with audiences at the time of its release, and continues to influence admirers today, even as it served as a template for the series of groundbreaking spaghetti-westerns of Sergio Leone. Alan Ladd plays the titular gunslinger, the archetypal ''man alone'' who wanders into town and shortly afterward becomes embroiled in a conflict between a group of Wyoming homesteaders and the nefarious cattle baron who has designs to wrest away their land. As the conflict escalates, and a romance develops between Shane and homesteader Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur in her last screen role before an early retirement from motion pictures), a who's-who of studio system character talent revolves through the production - Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Elisha Cook, Jr. before the proverbial ride into the sunset... Writing in The New York Times in 2001, Woody Allen said: ''Shane, I think, is [Stevens'] masterpiece. I've seen it many, many times. Certainly more than 20.'' The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present George Stevens Shane in this standard single disc edition on Blu-ray in the UK. There never was a man like SHANE! There never was a motion picture like SHANE! SPECIAL FEATURES: Stunning high-definition restoration 1.37:1 presentation Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Uncompressed mono and stereo soundtracks Audio commentary by George Stevens, Jr. and associate producer Ivan Moffat Video interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard Complete Lux Radio Theater adaptation of Shane Original theatrical trailer 28-PAGE BOOKLET featuring writing on the film by critic Penelope Huston, an unpublished interview with Stevens, a treatment for an un-filmed prologue to the film and archival imagery. Review '' The finest stories are often the most simple and George Stevens' classic western is simplicity itself'' -- RTE Guide '' Arguably the most seminal Western ever made'' ????? -- Empire '' Shane isn't just one of the best movies of its genre or decade - it's one of the finest films ever made.'' -- Film 4