Stagecoach (1939)
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- Passed
- 1h 36min
- Adventure, Drama
- 03 Mar 1939 (USA)
- Movie
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.
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Awards:
- Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Claire Trevor | ... |
Dallas
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John Wayne | ... |
Ringo Kid
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Andy Devine | ... |
Buck
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John Carradine | ... |
Hatfield
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Thomas Mitchell | ... |
Doc Josiah Boone
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Louise Platt | ... |
Mrs. Lucy Mallory
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George Bancroft | ... |
Marshal Curley Wilcox
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Donald Meek | ... |
Samuel Peacock
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Berton Churchill | ... |
Ellsworth Henry Gatewood
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Tim Holt | ... |
Lt. Blanchard
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Tom Tyler | ... |
Luke Plummer
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Dorothy Appleby | ... |
Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
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Frank Baker | ... |
(uncredited)
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Chief John Big Tree | ... |
Indian Scout (uncredited)
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Ted Billings | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Wiggie Blowne | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Danny Borzage | ... |
(uncredited)
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Ed Brady | ... |
Lordsburg Saloon Owner (uncredited)
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Fritzi Brunette | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Yakima Canutt | ... |
Cavalry Scout / Indian Attacking Stagecoach (uncredited)
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Nora Cecil | ... |
Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
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Steve Clemente | ... |
Bit (uncredited)
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Bill Cody | ... |
Rancher (uncredited)
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Jack Curtis | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Marga Ann Deighton | ... |
Mrs. Pickett (uncredited)
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Patricia Doyle | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Tex Driscoll | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Johnny Eckert | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Franklyn Farnum | ... |
Deputy Frank (uncredited)
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Francis Ford | ... |
Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
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Brenda Fowler | ... |
Mrs. Gatewood (uncredited)
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Olin Francis | ... |
Lordsburg Townsman (uncredited)
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Helen Gibson | ... |
Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
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Don Hawks | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Robert Homans | ... |
Ed - Editor (uncredited)
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William Hopper | ... |
Sergeant (uncredited)
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George Huggins | ... |
Barfly (uncredited)
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Si Jenks | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Cornelius Keefe | ... |
Capt. Whitney (uncredited)
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Florence Lake | ... |
Mrs. Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
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Al Lee | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Duke R. Lee | ... |
Lordsburg Sheriff (uncredited)
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Theodore Lorch | ... |
Lordsburg Express Agent (uncredited)
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Chris-Pin Martin | ... |
Chris (uncredited)
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Jim Mason | ... |
Jim - Tonto Express Agent (uncredited)
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Louis Mason | ... |
Tonto Sheriff (uncredited)
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Merrill McCormick | ... |
Ogler (uncredited)
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J.P. McGowan | ... |
(uncredited)
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Walter McGrail | ... |
Capt. Sickel (uncredited)
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Paul McVey | ... |
Pony Express Agent (uncredited)
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Jack Mohr | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Kent Odell | ... |
Billy Pickett Jr (uncredited)
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Artie Ortego | ... |
Lordsburg Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Vester Pegg | ... |
Hank Plummer (uncredited)
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Jack Pennick | ... |
Jerry - Tonto Bartender (uncredited)
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Chris Phillips | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Joe Rickson | ... |
Ike Plummer (uncredited)
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Buddy Roosevelt | ... |
Rancher (uncredited)
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Elvira Ríos | ... |
Yakima (uncredited)
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Mickey Simpson | ... |
(uncredited)
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Margaret Smith | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Chuck Stubbs | ... |
(uncredited)
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Harry Tenbrook | ... |
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
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Leonard Trainor | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Dorothy Vernon | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Mary Kathleen Walker | ... |
Lucy's Infant (uncredited)
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Blackjack Ward | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Bryant Washburn | ... |
Capt. Simmons (uncredited)
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Whitehorse | ... |
Indian Chief (uncredited)
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Hank Worden | ... |
Cavalryman (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Ford |
Written by
Ernest Haycox | ... | (original story) |
Dudley Nichols | ... | (screen play) |
Ben Hecht | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
John Ford | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Gerard Carbonara | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
Bert Glennon | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Otho Lovering | ... | film editor |
Dorothy Spencer | ... | film editor |
Walter Reynolds | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Otho Lovering | ... | supervising editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Alexander Toluboff |
Set Decoration by
Sydney Moore |
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett | ... | (costumes) |
Makeup Department
Norbert A. Myles | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Daniel Keefe | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Jack Kirston | ... | assistant production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wingate Smith | ... | assistant director |
Yakima Canutt | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Lowell J. Farrell | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Wiard Ihnen | ... | associate art director (as Wiard B. Ihnen) |
Walter Bjorne | ... | poster artist : Sweden (uncredited) |
Dorothea Fischer-Nosbisch | ... | poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1960) |
Eric Rohman | ... | poster artist : Sweden (uncredited) |
Georg Schubert | ... | poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1950) |
Sound Department
Frank Maher | ... | sound |
Robert Parrish | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Ray Binger | ... | special photographic effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
Yakima Canutt | ... | stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited) |
Johnny Eckert | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Helen Gibson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
W. Frank Long | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Jack Mohr | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
David Sharpe | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Billy Yellow | ... | stunt rigger (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
James V. King | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Ned Scott | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Cliff Shirpser | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Lee Bradley | ... | extras casting (uncredited) |
Harry Goulding | ... | extras casting (uncredited) |
Location Management
Danny Keith | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
Louis Gruenberg | ... | musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs |
Richard Hageman | ... | musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs |
W. Franke Harling | ... | musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs (as Franke Harling) |
John Leipold | ... | musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs |
Boris Morros | ... | musical director |
Leo Shuken | ... | musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs |
Danny Borzage | ... | musician: accordion (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Walter Wanger | ... | presenter |
W. Frank Long | ... | horse handler/wrangler (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Walter Wanger Productions (presents)
Distributors
- United Artists (1939) (United States) (theatrical) (released thru)
- Artistas Unidos (1939) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1939) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés S.A.B. (1939) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés (1939) (France) (theatrical)
- Los Artistas Unidos de América del Sur (1939) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Sonoro Filme (1939) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- United Artists (Australasia) (1939) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1939) (Canada) (theatrical) (as United Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- United Artists (1939) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1939) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as United Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- United Artists (1939) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Artisti Associati (1940) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Shochiku (1940) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Shochiku Eihai)
- Compañía Española de Propaganda, Industria y Cinematografía S.A. (CEPICSA) (1944) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Variety Film Distributors (1946) (United States) (theatrical) (reissue)
- Masterpiece Productions (1948) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Atrium-Filmverleih (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Masterpiece Productions (1950) (United States) (tv)
- Sampo-Filmi (1951) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Sphinx Films (1951) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- atlas Film (1962) (West Germany) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Suomi-Filmi (1965) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Time Life Films (1968) (United States) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1970) (Finland) (tv)
- Herald Film Company (1973) (Japan) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Time-Life Video (1980) (United States) (VHS)
- Nord Video (1981) (Norway) (VHS) (Beta)
- RCA (II) (1981) (United States) (video) (CED VideoDisc)
- Astral Video (1982) (Canada) (VHS) (Betamax)
- Kingston Video (1982) (United Kingdom) (VHS) (Betamax)
- Vestron Video (1982) (United States) (VHS) (Betamax)
- Criterion Pictures (1987) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1993) (United States) (VHS) (colorized version)
- Warner Home Video (1993) (United States) (VHS) (colorized)
- UCLA Film and Television Archive (1996) (United States) (VHS) (re-release)
- Force Video (1997) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1997) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1997) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2000) (France) (DVD)
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC) (2000) (Japan) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2002) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Research Entertainment (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
- Bounty Films (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC) (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Emerald (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Emerald (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Bounty Films (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
- Bounty Films (2010) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
- Bounty Films (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
- Flashback Home Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
- Pegasus Entertainment (2010) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2010) (United States) (DVD)
- Voulez Vous Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (digital remastered version)
- Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
- Flashback Home Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)
- KSM (2014) (Germany) (DVD) (John Wayne Edition)
- Research Entertainment (2014) (Spain) (video)
- The Criterion Collection (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2014) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- 375 Media (2019) (Austria) (DVD) (John Ford und der amerikanische Westen - DVD Box)
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- Artaire Films (2020) (Spain) (VOD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Film AB Skandinavien (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Freja Film (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Panther Film (Denmark) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Western Electric (mirrophonic recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.
Written by Andrew Hyatt |
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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 ! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $392,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Yakima 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." See more » |
Goofs | After 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 may be the most often repeated mispronunciation in the history of movie westerns. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Laramie (1949). See more » |
Soundtracks | Trail to Mexico (Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie) See more » |
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! See more » |