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.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.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
- Writers
- Ernest Haycox(original story)
- Dudley Nichols(screen play)
- Ben Hecht(uncredited)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Ernest Haycox(original story)
- Dudley Nichols(screen play)
- Ben Hecht(uncredited)
- Stars
- Won 2 Oscars
- 8 wins & 7 nominations total
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- Director
- Writers
- Ernest Haycox(original story)
- Dudley Nichols(screen play)
- Ben Hecht(uncredited)
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Storyline
- Taglines
- Danger holds the reins as the devil cracks the whip ! Desperate men ! Frontier women ! Rising above their pasts in a West corrupted by violence and gun-fire !
- Genres
- Certificate
- Passed
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaYakima Canutt explained how the stunt was accomplished where, as an Apache warrior attacking the stagecoach, he is "shot", falls off his horse, and then gets dragged underneath the stagecoach: "You have to run the horses fast, so they'll run straight. If they run slow, they move around a lot. When you turn loose to go under the coach, you've got to bring your arms over your chest and stomach. You've got to hold your elbows close to your body, or that front axle will knock them off." After the stunt was completed, Canutt ran to director John Ford to make sure they got the stunt on film. Ford replied that even if they hadn't, "I'll never shoot that again."
- GoofsAfter arriving at the second stop on the journey the sheriff refers to the army, calling them "calvary" instead of "cavalry". This is not only a common mistake by uneducated actors, but it is the most often repeated mispronunciation in the history of movie westerns.
- Quotes
Marshal Curly Wilcox: Come busting in here - you'd think we were being attacked! You can find another wife.
Chris: Sure I can find another wife. But she take my rifle and my horse. Oh, I'll never sell her. I love her so much. I beat her with a whip and she never get tired.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Your wife?
Chris: No, my horse. I can find another wife easy, yes, but not a horse like that!
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer-colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Laramie (1949)
- SoundtracksTrail to Mexico (Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie)
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Traditional ballad
Variations played throughout as part of the score
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- May 6, 2018
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $392,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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