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We take a trip down Western lane with the John Wayne/John Ford classic, Stagecoach! This film basically made a superstar out of Wayne and defined the western genre for the next several decades. It features Ford’s favorite location – monument valley – as well as his favorite actor. In addition to Wayne, the movie also stars a lot of very well known character actors including Andy Devine and John Carradine. Interesting trivia: Wayne was not the first billed actor in this film. That was Claire Trevor!
Our next movie will be the 2016 Best Picture winner, Spotlight!
| Stagecoach (1939) | |
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Rating: 7.8/10 (57,154 votes) Director: John Ford Writer: Ernest Haycox, Dudley Nichols, Ben Hecht Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine Runtime: 96 min Rated: Approved Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western Released: 03 Mar 1939 |
| Plot: A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. | |
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John Wayne was born in Winterset, IA. I grew up not far from there.