Stagecoach
John Ford's first sound western remains an almost perfect exemplar of the genre.
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Ford's first sound western, and the first to utilise his beloved landscape of Monument Valley, Stagecoach remains an almost perfect exemplar of the genre - the film Orson Welles allegedly watched 40 times before embarking on Citizen Kane. With its deceptively simple narrative - the perilous journey of a stagecoach through the wilderness, transporting a variety of heroes, hypocrites and fools - Ford created a timeless work of art, combining action with a simple grace seldom equalled. Plus Friz Freleng's 1940 animation Confederate Honey (8min).
Introduction by Dominic Power
| Director | John Ford |
| Cast | John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine |
| Country | USA |
| Year | 1939 |
| Running time | 96min |
| Certificate | U |
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