The Western

Some characteristics of Westerns: West of the Mississippi, small towns, a villain against town, a guy trying to protect the town.

The women are damsels in distressed most of the time. The men think that they can handle everything, they settle it with violence.

In The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it takes place in a small town west of the Mississippi. Liberty Valance is the villain, and the protagonist is Stauddered. The only difference in this movie is that the Holly is not a damsel in distressed, she is quite independent.