Another poster remarked on this film's lack of humor compared to the westerns of John Ford. There are no clownish Victor McLaglen characters in Shane; still, the humor is there, but it's subtle.
When Shane first goes into town with the Starrets, Joey asks Shane why isn't he taking his gun. Shane replies: " I didn't know there was any wild game in town." Shane selects some shirts and pants at Grafton's general store. Grafton: "Young man, you owe me two dollars and two bits." Shane: (with a look of shock) "It's been a while since I bought storebought clothes." Lewis: (who's been watching the whole thing) "Dollar don't go very far these days." After the big fight, Marian is tending the bruises of Shane and big Joe. Joey: "I thought you were a goner when he hit you with that chair!" Shane: "It was an easy chair, Joey!" Shane is repairing the barbed wire fence that Riker's men have torn down. Joey: "Shane, what would you do if you caught them going through the fence?" Shane: "I'd ask them to please come around by the gate." Joey: "Aw, Shane!" At the farmer's meeting, whenever Torrey speaks, the harmonica guy plays 'Dixie'.
I love the way the dog slinks out of the barroom when the satanic-looking Wilson walks in.
Riker: "I like Starret too, but I'll kill him if I have to." Wilson: "You mean I'll kill him if you have to."
When Shane first goes into town with the Starrets, Joey asks Shane why isn't he taking his gun. Shane replies: " I didn't know there was any wild game in town." Shane selects some shirts and pants at Grafton's general store. Grafton: "Young man, you owe me two dollars and two bits." Shane: (with a look of shock) "It's been a while since I bought storebought clothes." Lewis: (who's been watching the whole thing) "Dollar don't go very far these days." After the big fight, Marian is tending the bruises of Shane and big Joe. Joey: "I thought you were a goner when he hit you with that chair!" Shane: "It was an easy chair, Joey!" Shane is repairing the barbed wire fence that Riker's men have torn down. Joey: "Shane, what would you do if you caught them going through the fence?" Shane: "I'd ask them to please come around by the gate." Joey: "Aw, Shane!" At the farmer's meeting, whenever Torrey speaks, the harmonica guy plays 'Dixie'.
I love the way the dog slinks out of the barroom when the satanic-looking Wilson walks in.
Riker: "I like Starret too, but I'll kill him if I have to." Wilson: "You mean I'll kill him if you have to."