The WGA honor was won instead by director Delmer Daves""Broken Arrow (1950), another western starring James Stewart." Lou explained: "Yes.I wasn""t always rich.No, there was a time I didn""t know where my next husband was coming from." Lady Lou admitted she had known harder times: "The wolf at my door? Why, I remember when he came right into my room and had pups!"One day in Jordan""s barroom, a depressed young girl named Sally Glynn (Rochelle Hudson) entered with torn clothes.Shane""s past remains a curious mystery and Starrett informs him: "I wouldn""t ask you where you""re bound.It was written by the husband-wife team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin (the recipients of the film""s sole Academy Award nomination).