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Regarded by many as the best Western ever made, STAGECOACH shot John Wayne to stardom and elevated the prestige of a genre that had hitherto been considered a B-movie province. With rumours in the air of a possible Apache attack, a motley group of travellers in a small New Mexico town board the Overland Stage bound for Lordsburg. Among them are the pregnant Lucy Mallory (Louise Platt); timid liquor salesman Peacock (Donald Meek); Hatfield, an aloof gambler (John Carradine); Gatewood (Berton Churchill), a pompous, embezzling banker; and two who have been exiled from town, alcoholic Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell) and Dallas (Clair Trevor), a lady of the evening. Along the trail, they pick up the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), an outlaw who's escaped from prison to take revenge on the Plummer brothers for destroying his family and framing him for murder. As their journey progresses, the hypocrisy of the supposedly respectable passengers becomes clear, and it's the tainted outsiders who display courage and humanity. Described by Orson Welles, who watched the film innumerable times before making CITIZEN KANE, as his cinematic textbook, STAGECOACH is superbly made in every respect, layering humour and sharp characterisation into an exciting plot that includes a spectacularly photographed chase in Monument Valley.Product Identifiers
ProducerJohn Ford
EAN5050582418057
eBay Product ID (ePID)52977146
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Wayne, John Carradine, Tim Holt, Claire Trevor, Donald Meek, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, Thomas Mitchell
Film/TV TitleStagecoach
DirectorJohn Ford
Release Year2011
GenreWesterns
Run Time100 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
AwardsBest Music - Scoring 1939 - Richard Hageman, Best Music - Scoring 1939 - John Leipold, Best Music - Scoring 1939 - Frank Harling, Best Actor In A Supporting Role 1939 - Thomas Mitchell, Best Music - Scoring 1939 - Leo Shuken
ReviewsPremiere - This is myth-making writ large, full of Ford's enduring themes, daring stunt work, and peerless eye for composition, Uncut - Wayne sauntered into stardom after a decade in movies as the Ringo Kid, a charming outlaw bend on revenge.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleStagecoach
Consumer AdviceContains mild violence