Stagecoach

Name: Stagecoach
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Released: March 3, 1939
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 93
Cast: Andy Devine, Berton Churchill, Claire Trevor, Donald Meek, George Bancroft

1939

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Universal acclaim based on 15 Critic Reviews

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United Artists | Release Date: March 3, 1939 | TV-G

Starring: Andy Devine, Berton Churchill, Claire Trevor, Donald Meek, George Bancroft, John Carradine, John Wayne, Louise Platt, Thomas Mitchell, Tim Holt

Summary: A 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.

Director: John Ford

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Western

Rating: TV-G

Runtime: 96 min

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100

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Superb performances by John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Thomas Mitchell -- who won the Oscar for best supporting actor -- make for an authentic classic that has been copied but never equaled. [25 Feb 2008, p.C8]

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Roger Ebert

Stagecoach holds our attention effortlessly and is paced with the elegance of a symphony. Read full review

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Chris Nashawaty

Action-packed and jaw-droppingly epic (it was the first time director John Ford ever shot in Monument Valley), Stagecoach is the perfect Western to show to people who don’t like Westerns. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The classic western, Stagecoach is one of John Ford's greatest frontier epics. Read full review

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Frank S. Nugent

Here, in a sentence, is a movie of the grand old school, a genuine rib-thumper and a beautiful sight to see. Read full review

The Guardian Philip French

Stagecoach remains a tale for our times. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Certainly it's the weakest of Ford's major westerns, burdened with a schematic and pretentious Dudley Nichols script (the "cross section of society" on board the stagecoach), but its virtues remain intact. Read full review

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jamesfhall

Feb 2, 2022

John Wayne stars in the spectacular Western which has a great cast, superb script, and gripping drama.

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