Stagecoach
American film by John Ford · Released February 15, 1939
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows an eclectic group of travelers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory. The film has long been recognized as an important work transcending the Western genre, and is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
Cast ages at release (February 15, 1939)
- John Wayne, as Henry: 31
- Claire Trevor, as Dallas: 28
- John Carradine, as Hatfield: 33
- Thomas Mitchell, as Doc Boone: 46
- Andy Devine, as Buck: 33
- George Bancroft, as Curley: 56
- Donald Meek, as Peacock: 60
- Tim Holt, as the Lieutenant: 20
- Tom Tyler, as Luke Plummer: 35
- Louise Platt, as Lucy Mallory: 23
- Berton Churchill, as Gatewood: 62
- Brenda Fowler, as Mrs Gatewood: 55
- Nora Cecil, as Boone's landlady: 60
- Chrispin Martin, as Chris: 45
- Elvira Ríos, as Yakima: 25
- Francis Ford, as Sergeant Billy Pickett: 57
- Vester Pegg, as Hank Plummer: 49
- Joe Rickson, as Ike Plummer: 58
- Jack Pennick, as Jerry: 43
- Duke R. Lee, as Lordsburg sheriff: 57
- Yakima Canutt, as Cavalry scout and stunt performer: 43