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MPAA Raing: NR
Director: John Ford
Genres: Traditional Western, Western
Released Date: March 02, 1939 (USA)
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Summary:
Although there were Westerns before it, Stagecoach quickly became a template for all movie Westerns to come. Director John Ford combined action, drama, humor, and a set of well-drawn characters in the story of a stagecoach set to leave Tonto, New Mexico for a distant settlement in Lordsburg, with a diverse set of passengers on board. Dallas (Claire Trevor) is a woman with a scan... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Claire Trevor - (Dallas)
John Wayne - (The Ringo Kid)
Andy Devine - (Buck Rickabaugh)
Thomas Mitchell - (Doc Boone)
George Bancroft - (Sheriff Curly Wilcox)
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Review:
Relegated to B-movie status by the mid-1930s, the western was regenerated most prominently by John_Ford's Stagecoach in 1939. Ford and screenwriter Dudley_Nichols artfully balanced the genre's standard action with the character studies and quality production values of prestigious 1930s films. In the microcosm of the stagecoach, the conf... Continue >>

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