Stagecoach (1986) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Ted Post

Writers:

Dudley Nichols (1939 screenplays)
James Lee Barrett (teleplay)

Release Date:

18 May 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Western

Plot:

Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife...

Plot Keywords:

Gambler | Prostitute | Stagecoach | Doc Holliday | Apache

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Willie Nelson	...	Doc Holliday
Kris Kristofferson	...	Ringo / Ringo Kid / Bill Williams
Johnny Cash	...	Marshal Curly Wilcox
Waylon Jennings	...	Hatfield (Gambler)
John Schneider	...	Buck (Overland Stage Driver)
Elizabeth Ashley	...	Dallas
Anthony Newley	...	Trevor Peacock (Old John's Whiskey Salesman)
Anthony Franciosa	...	Henry Gatewood (Tonto Banker) (as Tony Franciosa)
Merritt Butrick	...	Lieutenant Blanchard
Mary Crosby	...	Mrs. Lucy Mallory
June Carter Cash	...	Mrs. Pickett
Jessi Colter	...	Martha (as Jesse Colter)
Alex Kubik	...	Luke Plummer (as Alex Kubic)
David Allan Coe	...	Ike Plummer
Bob McLean	...	Chris

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Heritage Entertainment Inc.

Trivia:

Willie, Waylon, Johnny, and Kris recorded several albums between 1985 and 1995, as The Highwaymen.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the group is deciding whether or not to go on to Lordsburg from Apache Wells, The Marshal's Stampede string on his hat changes sides. The angled support beam on the door behind him changes directions as well. The film was obviously printed in reverse for one part of the scene.

Movie Connections:

Version of Stagecoach (1966)

Sad. Very, very sad . . .

Some movies just shouldn't be remade. Gone With the Wind, Casablanca . . . and Stagecoach. For some reason, though, Hollywood can't keep its hands off it. It was remade (badly) in 1966, and this one is even worse. It looks like a bunch of wannabe cowboys with some money decided they could make a western better than John Ford could (Willie Nelson was the executive producer of this), and they couldn't possibly have been more wrong. Everything, absolutely EVERYTHING, about this movie is pathetic. Ted Post is normally a first-rate director, especially of westerns (he did most of the "Rawhide" series with Clint Eastwood), but he either had a really bad day, or (what seems to be more likely) everyone in the cast simply ignored what he told them; there doesn't appear to be any discipline at all in this film. Everybody keeps trying to out-ham everyone else, or they're either so laid-back they're practically comatose. The photography isn't particularly good, the editing is horrendous, the scenery around Old Tucson (where this was shot) is completely wasted . . . and on and on. A really sad waste of time and money. Skip it.