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Stagecoach

1939 ★ 97 min
Studio: United Artists
Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, John Carradine
Director: John Ford
Writer: Dudley Nichols, Ben Hecht, Ernest Haycox
Producer: Walter Wanger

Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows an eclectic group of travelers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
  • Won the Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment.
  • Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Film Editing; Academy Award for Best Picture; and 1 more.
  • The screenplay is an adaptation by Dudley Nichols of "The Stage to Lordsburg," a short story by Ernest Haycox.
  • The film rights to the work were bought by John Ford soon after it was published in Collier's magazine on April 10, 1937.
  • Screenwriter Ben Hecht also contributed to the Stagecoach screenplay (in particular, Dallas's dialogue) but went uncredited.

Filming Locations

  • Arizona
  • Utah
  • Additional scenes were filmed in Monument Valley locations, as well as the Iverson Movie Ranch and the RKO Encino Ranch.
  • The Apache attack sequences with riders on galloping horses and stunts by Yakima Canutt were filmed at Lucerne Dry Lake near Victorville in California.

Previous Showings

8 Runs • 5 Festivals

6,500 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (June 8, 1939)

Original Run: June 8, 1939 (Thursday - Saturday)

All runs on record (8):

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