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Stagecoach
The movie follows a group of strangers who have nothing in common yet learn something about each other over the course of their voyage, since they have to team up to struggle through natural disasters and attacks by outlaws and Indians.
30 September 1882, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 September 1878, London, England, UK
9 December 1876, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23 July 1901, Rolfe, Iowa, USA
February 9, 1890 in San Jose, California, USA
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 October 1905, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
7 December 1895, Portland, Oregon, USA
9 August 1903, Port Henry, New York, USA
11 July 1892, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
9 October 1887, Oslo, Norway
22 November 1885, Mexico
February 10, 2012
With this, Ford transformed the western from fading B-movie filler into genuine adult fare.August 16, 2011
One of the best early westerns ever made.November 24, 2011
Seen today, Stagecoach may not seem very original. That's because it influenced countless later movies in which a mixed bag of characters are thrown together by chance and forced to survive an ordeal.June 22, 2010
Stagecoach is not just one of the greatest and most influential Westerns ever made; it's also a template for the ensemble film.May 20, 2003
John Ford has swept aside ten years of artifice and talkie compromise and has made a motion picture that sings a song of camera.February 10, 2012
Directorially, production is John Ford in peak form, sustaining interest and suspense throughout, and presenting exceptional characterizations. Picture is a display of photographic grandeur.February 10, 2012
Modern movies began here.June 24, 2006
Impossible to overstate the influence of Ford's magnificent film, generally considered to be the first modern Western.November 21, 2011
[VIDEO] Orson Welles famously said he watched "Stagecoach" 40 times before he made "Citizen Kane." It's easy to see why.June 01, 2010
...a thoughtful ensemble examination of grace (and lack of grace) under stress.February 10, 2012
Its virtues remain intact.January 18, 2011
Classic John Wayne Western masterpiece promotes tolerance.