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Stagecoach is a 1939 western film which tells the tale of a motley group of strangers thrown together on the stagecoach to Lordsburg, which is attacked by Apache warriors. It stars Claire Trevor and John Wayne in the role which made him a star.

The screenplay is an adaptation of 'The Stage to Lordsburg', a short story by Ernest Haycox.

Awards and honors

Winner

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
(Thomas Mitchell
)
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring (Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Director (John Ford)

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Directing (John Ford)
Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Alexander Toluboff)
Academy Award for Best Cinematography-Black-and-White (Bert Glennon)
Academy Award for Film Editing (Otho Lovering & Dorothy Spencer)

Honors

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Trivia

This was the first of many films that John Ford made in Monument Valley, Utah, many starring John Wayne.

The story Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant was the inspiration for the short story on which the film was based.

Principal cast

Claire Trevor
: Dallas
John Wayne
: The Ringo Kid
Andy Devine
: Buck
John Carradine
: Hatfield
Thomas Mitchell
: Doc Boone
Louise Platt : Lucy Mallory
George Bancroft
: Marshal Curly Wilcox
Donald Meek : Samuel Peacock
Berton Churchill
: Henry Gatewood
Tim Holt
: Lt. Blanchard
Tom Tyler
: Luke Plummer
Yakima Canutt
: Cavalry scout

Legacy

A 1966
remake starred, among others, Ann-Margret
, Van Heflin
and Bing Crosby
.
A 1986
television remake starred, among others, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson
, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings.

Category:1939 films Category:United Artists films Category:1966 films Category:Western films Category:Best Supporting Actor Oscar (film) Category:Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee (film) Category:United States National Film Registry Category:Films directed by John Ford

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