Stagecoach.PAL.DVD5

Description

Regarded by many as the best Western ever made, STAGECOACH

shot John Wayne to stardom and elevated the prestige of a

genre that had hitherto been considered a B-movie province.

With rumours in the air of a possible Apache attack, a motley

group of travellers in a small New Mexico town board the Overland

Stage bound for Lordsburg. Among them are the pregnant

Lucy Mallory (Louise Platt); timid liquor salesman Peacock

(Donald Meek); Hatfield, an aloof gambler (John Carradine);

Gatewood (Berton Churchill), a pompous, embezzling banker;

and two who have been exiled from town, alcoholic Doc Boone

(Thomas Mitchell) and Dallas (Clair Trevor), a lady of the evening.

Along the trail, they pick up the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), an outlaw

whos escaped from prison to take revenge on the Plummer

brothers for destroying his family and framing him for murder.

As their journey progresses, the hypocrisy of the supposedly

respectable passengers becomes clear, and its the tainted

outsiders who display courage and humanity. Described by

Orson Welles, who watched the film innumerable times before

making CITIZEN KANE, as his cinematic textbook, STAGECOACH

is superbly made in every respect, layering humour and sharp

characterisation into an exciting plot that includes a spectacularly

photographed chase in Monument Valley.



Technical Details

Region 2

Running Time: 96 minutes

Production Year: 1939

Main Language: English

Subtitles: Nordic

Genre: Westerns

Certificate: U Universal - Suitable for all

Directed by: John Ford



7,8/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031971/