I guess for a Western newb such as myself this is not a bad place to start. There's plenty to like about this, foremost is Ford's gorgeous treatment of American landscapes. Most of the film is basically a bunch of people from disparate levels of society arguing and worrying abo...( read more)
The one tha made the Duke a star and began to show that the Western could be a parable for present day concerns.
Thrilling, humorous, moving. the good adjectives to describe the first Ford-Wayne masterpiece are countless. A magnificent film with richness all over, heroism, racism, social class struggles, love stories and a charming alcoholic played by Thomas Mitchell.
an early john wayne film that didnt stand up to some of his later efforts. rated it somewhere else before being on flixster
A stagecoach (also called an "acting coach") is the subject of this exciting western. If you like alcoholic doctors, slutty trampy whores, and people named Ringo who aren't Beatles, then you can just lick me.
Mitchell deserved his Oscar for playing a hopeless drunk and the movie is great in a western way.
Wayne's breathrough performance. You can't go wrong w/him as a sarcastic man on a mission, with John Ford at the helm.
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Stagecoach" !
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