Stagecoach (1939)
| Release Date | 15 February 1939 |
| Tagline | 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 ! |
| Genre | Action, Western, Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Beale's Cut, Newhall, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Traditional Western |
| Mood | Nail-biters, Tough Guys |
| Themes | Sheriffs and Outlaws, Survival in the Wilderness, Daring Rescues, Culture Clash, Race Against Time |
| Tones | Atmospheric, Forceful, Matter-of-Fact, Rousing, Sweeping |
| Tags | Against All Odds, Alcoholism, Arrest, Attack, Bank Personnel, Brother, Cavalry, Childbirth, Doctor/nurse, Escape, Escort, Indian (Native American), Outlaw [Western], Passenger, Prostitute/prostitution, Self Discovery, Shoot Out, Stagecoach |
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht, is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Frank Baker
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Ted Billings
Bit part
Wiggie Blowne
Bit part
Danny Borzage
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Ed Brady
Lordsburg saloon owner
Nora Cecil
Boone's landlady
Steve Clemente
Bit
Bill Cody
Rancher
Jack Curtis
Bartender
Marga Ann Deighton
Mrs. Pickett
Patricia Doyle
Bit part
Tex Driscoll
Bit part
Brenda Fowler
Mrs. Gatewood
Si Jenks
Bartender
Cornelius Keefe
Capt. Whitney
Duke R. Lee
Lordsburg sheriff
Chris-Pin Martin
Chris
Jim Mason
Jim
Louis Mason
Tonto sheriff
Merrill McCormick
Ogler
Walter McGrail
Capt. Sickel
Paul McVey
Pony Express agent
Kent Odell
Billy Pickett Jr
Artie Ortego
Lordsburg bar patron
Vester Pegg
Hank Plummer
Jack Pennick
Jerry
Joe Rickson
Ike Plummer
Elvira Ríos
Yakima
Buddy Roosevelt
Rancher
Chuck Stubbs
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Harry Tenbrook
Telegraph operator
Mary Kathleen Walker
Lucy's infant
Director
Writer
Ernest Haycox
Producer
Original Music
Gerard Carbonara
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Cinematographer
Bert Glennon
Editor
Otho Lovering
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Dorothy Spencer
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Walter Reynolds
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Art Director
Alexander Toluboff
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Costume Designer
Walter Plunkett
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Production Manager
Daniel Keefe
production manager
Jack Kirston
assistant production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wingate Smith
assistant director
Lowell J. Farrell
assistant director
Art Department
Wiard Ihnen
associate art director
Sound Department
Frank Maher
sound
Special Effects
Ray Binger
special photographic effects
Stunts
Ken Cooper
stunts
Johnny Eckert
stunts
W. Frank Long
stunts
Jack Mohr
stunts
David Sharpe
stunts
Henry Wills
stunts
Billy Yellow
stunt rigger
Camera and Electrical Department
James V. King
assistant camera
Ned Scott
still photographer
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera
Casting Department
Lee Bradley
extras casting
Harry Goulding
extras casting
Editorial Department
Otho Lovering
supervising editor
Music Department
Louis Gruenberg
music adaptor
W. Franke Harling
music adaptor
John Leipold
music adaptor
Leo Shuken
music adaptor
Danny Borzage
musician: accordion
Other Crew
Danny Keith
location manager
W. Frank Long
horse handler/wrangler
Production Company
Walter Wanger Productions
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Distributor
United Artists
Masterpiece Productions
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
ARC
Atrium-Filmverleih
Cosmic Pictures
First Trading
GP Museum Soft
Herald Film Company
PSG
Shochiku Eihai
Tohokushinsha Film
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Tone
Warner Home Video
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atlas Film
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