ShaneShane is a movie about a group of small-town farmers who are targeted by some cowboys. Then Shane mysteriously appears and tries to do the right thing by helping the farmers. Jack Schaefer wrote the screenplay and the film was produced by George Stevens. Paramount Pictures released the film in 1952. The characters in the film were as follows. The main character of the film was (you guessed it) Shane, the "outsider" in this film. Shane ultimately stays with Joe Starret, his wife Marian, and their son Joey. The man the farmers were against was Rufe Ryker, an older cowboy who seemed to be quite angry at the whole world. Once Ryker learned about Shane, he brought a rented gun from Cheyenne, whose name was Wilson. The plot of this film is about the fight between farmers and cowboys. All farmers want to start crops, but cowboys want to run their cattle in open spaces so they can feed themselves. Obviously the two sides disagree. The cowboys end up trying to use strong-arm tactics to get what they want. They even try to scare the farmers off the land by burning down one of their houses. Eventually, Shane, an ex-gunfighter, realizes what he must do. He comes to town and kills all the cowboys, including Wilson, the hitman. Shane is undoubtedly a western because it contains all its conventions. Open space, bad guys (cowboys) and lots of guns, lawless lands and lots of horses. There were a couple of conflicts in this movie. The biggest conflict was between farmers and cowboys. A sub-conflict was the dispute between Wilson and Shane. The narration of this film was done in third person. I think the only characters added to the film were Shane, Mrs. Starrett, and Wilson. The guy was a pretty miserable actor and was only good for his wide-eyed facial expressions when the shots rang out. Everyone else was pretty much weak. The film was set in Wyoming. The time frame was a couple of weeks, I would say less than a month.