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Title: Stagecoach


Date: 1939
Type: Western / Action
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: John Ford
Producer: John Ford

Comment
A mismatched group of individuals take a stage coach across the desert all for different reason despite the threat of attack by Indians. This is John Ford's classic early western that is a mixture of action sequences but really revolves around the characters that are well developed as each shows their reason for the jpurney but also thei character flaws. There is a strong performance from John Wayne as the wanted man, Claire Todd as the prostitue about to be reformed but it was Thomas Mitchell who won the Oscar as the alcoholic doctor.

Actors

John WayneJohn Wayne
Claire Todd
Andy DevineAndy Devine
John CarradineJohn Carradine
Thomas MitchellThomas Mitchell
Louise PlattLouise Platt
George Bancroft
Donald MeekDonald Meek

Oscars

Won - Best Supporting Actor - Thomas Mitchell
Nomination - Best Picture
Nomination - Best Director - John Ford

 

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