STAGECOACH (1939)

Directed by: John Ford
Screenplay by: Dudley Nichols
Based on the short story "The Stage to Lordsburg" by: Ernest Haycox
Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Francis Ford, Brenda Fowler, William Hopper, Duke R. Lee, Chris-Pin Martin, Vester Pegg, Jack Pennick, Joe Rickson, Elvira Rios

96 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
In 1880, a motley assortment of interesting strangers boards the Overland stagecoach from Tonto in Arizona, heading to Lordsburg in New Mexico. Among the passengers are the always inebriated frontier doctor, "Doc" Boone, Dallas, the ill-reputed dance-hall girl, Hatfield, the professional gambler, Mrs. Lucy Mallory, the wife of a cavalry officer, the whiskey salesman, Mr. Peacock, the absconding banker, Mr. Gatewood, Marshall Wilcox, and his escaped prisoner, the Ringo Kid. Inevitably, however, as the coach and six dashes through the vast plains and Geronimo's Apache-infested land, only the mighty U. S. Cavalry can save the day.

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