Shane, a 1953 western film directed by George Stevens based on 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer will be screened at 6.00 pm on August 12 at the American Centre, Colombo 3.

Starrig Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Elisha Cook Jr., Jack Palance and Ben Johnson the film narrates the simple story of a Wyoming range war. Alan Ladd plays the title character, a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family.

Patriarch Joe Starrett is impressed by the way Shane handles himself when facing down hostile minions of land baron Emile Meyer, though he has trouble placing his complete trust in a stranger. Marion is attracted to Shane in spite of herself, and his son Joey flat-out idolizes Shane. When Meyer is unable to drive off the homesteaders by sheer brute strength, he engages the services of black-clad, wholly evil hired gun Jack Wilson. Shane knows that a showdown with Wilson is inevitable; he also knows that, unintentionally, he has become a disruptive element in the Starrett family.