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7.6A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
Released: 1939-03-0296 minDir: John FordWestern, Adventure, Drama
Cast
- Claire Trevor as Dallas
- John Wayne as The Ringo Kid
- George Bancroft as Marshal Curly Wilcox
- Andy Devine as Buck
- Thomas Mitchell as Doc Josiah Boone
- John Carradine as Hatfield
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Ford
- Screenplay by
- Dudley Nichols
- Based on
- "The Stage to Lordsburg", 1937 story in Collier's , by Ernest Haycox
- Produced by
- Walter Wanger
- Starring
- Claire Trevor John Wayne Andy Devine John Carradine Thomas Mitchell Louise Platt George Bancroft Donald Meek Berton Churchill Tim Holt
- Cinematography
- Bert Glennon
- Edited by
- Otho Lovering Dorothy Spencer
- Music by
- Richard Hageman Franke Harling Louis Gruenberg John Leipold Leo Shuken Gerard Carbonara (uncredited) Stephen Pasternacki (uncredited)
- Production company
- Walter Wanger Productions
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- February 2, 1939 ( 1939-02-02 ) (Los Angeles) March 3, 1939 ( 1939-03-03 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
Key dates
- Published
- 2 March 1939
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenwriter
- Ernest Haycox
- Cast member
- William Hopper
- Composer
Article
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows an eclectic group of travelers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.
The film has long been recognized as an important work transcending the Western genre, and is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. Still, Stagecoach has not avoided controversy. Like most Westerns of the era, its depiction of Native Americans as mere savages has been criticized.
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1939 American films1939 English-language films1939 films1939 Western (genre) filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican Western (genre) filmsApache in popular cultureApache Wars filmsEnglish-language Western (genre) filmsFilms based on American short storiesFilms directed by John FordFilms featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award–winning performance