QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Shane can be found here.
QA Note Regarding Spoilers
AThe following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
QIn what time period is 'Shane' set?
AThe first page of the novel begins: 'He rode into our valley in the summer of '89, a slim man, dressed in black. Call me Shane, he said. He never told us more.' To give some perspective to the year 1889 in the Old West, the day of gunfighters was coming to an end. The American Civil War had ended almost 25 years earlier (in 1865). In 1876, General Custer was killed at Little Bighorn, Wild Bill Hickok was shot, and Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. Army. Billy the Kid and the Gunfight at the OK Corral both happened in 1881, and Doc Holliday died in 1887. Barbed wire, which marked the beginning of the end for open range ranching, was patented in 1874. As Shane said at the end of the movie to Ryker, "your days are over".
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