Whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock (Donald Meek) is concerned about his family back in St Louis. The stage to Lordsburg is packed with nervous travelers worried that Geronimo has broken free of the reservation. Because Stagecoach was an independent production by wildcat producer Walter Wanger, Ford was able to slip Wayne in at the head of an ensemble of accidental tourists who stray into an Arizona Indian war, circa 1881. John Wayne had struck out in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail almost ten years before and spent the decade acting in series westerns, a second-tier product pooh-poohed by the majors. John Ford boosted the western firmly back into mainstream popularity with this exciting show thick with thrilling action and rich characters. Written by Dudley Nichols from Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox Ihnenįilm Editors Otto Lovering, Dorothy Spencer Starring Claire Trevor, George Bancroft, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom TylerĪrt Direction Alexander Tobuloff, Wiard B. Two-Disc Special Edition / Available separately at 26.98 ![]() studios would let Ford do almost anything if Wayne was the star.ġ939 / B&W / 96 min. Not always the most commercial of directors, Ford benefited greatly from Wayne's popularity. those eight years of "Singin' Sandy" and other two-bit westerns gave Wayne the experience, and the tyrannical hand of Ford forced him to stretch his talent as far as it would go. Wayne is big, sincere and has a natural ease with the camera. John Wayne isn't Lawrence Olivier, but neither is Olivier John Wayne - never was there a personality more fit to appeal to American moviegoers. it contains his breakthrough picture with John Ford as well as the lasting masterpiece The Searchers, both in lavish special editions. This monster disc set is the dream box for John Wayne fans. Stagecoach, The Long Voyage Home, They Were Expendable, Fort Apache, 3 Godfathers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, The Wings of Eagles
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