LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Van Heflin
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This Oscar-nominated drama features a marvelous cast including Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott and Judith Anderson in a tale of intrigue involving childhood friends and a mysterious death that happened years before. Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is the power behind things in the town of Iverston and is married to Walter O'Neill (Kirk Douglas), the district attorney. When their childhood friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to town, it brings up powerful memories about their connection to the death of Martha's rich aunt years before and threatens to expose the truth.
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Van Heflin was another "on the cusp" actor. He had both starring roles and character parts. He was one of America’s most beloved film actors and a talented one at that. He was a tall, medium built man, with wavy sandy-hair, a lived-in face, with sleepy eyes and an introverted demeanor. He was equally adept at playing bad guys or heroes and he gave them an air of complexity. He was born Emmett Evan Heflin, Jr. on December 13, 1910 in Walters, Oklahoma, the son of a dental surgeon and grew up there.
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Synopsis: Bill McLean (Van Heflin) is a former CIA agent living in London. He had been fired when he stuck up for one of the men in his command who turned out to be branded a Russian defector. The embittered ex-agent combines forces with another operative to deliver a top Russian secret police official forRead More
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Heflin was born Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. in Walters, Oklahoma to Fannie B. and Dr. Emmett E. Heflin, a dentist.[1] He was of Irish and French ancestry.[2] Heflin's sister was Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Frances Heflin. Heflin attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
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Van Heflin has amassed an impressive list of completed residential developments with his 25 years of management expertise in the building and construction industry. As Vice President of Bison Construction, Inc., Residential Division, Heflin administers both fiscal and operational activity relative to governmental processing and on-site supervision of development and construction activities.
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Shane discovers the Starretts (Jean Arthur and Van Heflin), a pioneer farm family looking for a hired hand. Suddenly, Ryker and his posse of gun-toting ruffians ride by and threaten to run Starrett off his farm. Ryker, a ruthless businessman, has been trying to rid the valley of homesteaders so he can expand his ranch. After witnessing this brutality, Shane decides to stay on and help out. Provoked by Ryker's boys, Shane joins the homesteader's fight, facing off with a hired gunslinger to make the valley safe for civilized folks like the Starretts.While helping Shane falls in love with the wife but he keeps his distance out of respect for the husband - sensitively portrayed.
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