ShaneShane is a film about a group of farmers in a small town who are harassed by 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 pretty angry at the whole world. Once Ryker discovered Shane, he brought a mercenary from Cheyenne, who was named Wilson. The plot of this film is about the struggle between farmers and cowboys. The farmers all want to start crops, but the cowboys want to run their cattle into the open spaces so they can feed. Obviously, the two parties do not agree. The cowboys end up trying to use heavy-handed tactics to achieve their ends. They even try to scare away the farmers by burning down one of their houses. Eventually, Shane, a former gunfighter, realizes what he must do. He goes to town and kills all the cowboys, including Wilson, the mercenary. Shane is undoubtedly a western because it contains all the conventions of a western. Open space, bad guys (cowboys) and lots of guns, lawless land and a whole lot of horses. There were some conflicts in this film. The greatest conflict was between farmers and cowboys. A sub-conflict was the problem between Wilson and Shane. The narration of this film was done in the third person. I think the only characters added to the movie were Shane, Mrs. Starrett, and Wilson. The kid was a pretty miserable actor and was only good for his wide-eyed facial expressions when gunshots rang out. Everyone was pretty weak. The film took place in Wyoming. The delay was more than a few weeks, I would say less than a month.