Stagecoach

Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, et al.

Product Description

An outlaw, a prostitute, a drunken doctor and assorted others go through Indian country.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085391158660
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: John Ford
• Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt
• Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Full Screen; Subtitled; NTSC
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 0.0" x 0.0"

Customer Reviews

John Ford hits the ground running.

I will not go through much of the story, as that is why you are buying the movie. Alternatively, of course, like me, you just want to see what they did with the movie and the Criterion extras. Just having a newfangled 46” TV helps in itself. Might even be better with that thee 4k thing. Looks like several passengers are going to Lordsburg for various reasons. Like an Agatha Christie movie, we are introduced to the major players in the story. On the way, we get to know the passengers a little better. In this version, Ringo Kid (John Wayne) is picked up on the way instead of being included with the original passengers. John Wayne intercuts with what is now his signature close-up. An Apache uprising threatens the stagecoach. Yet there is a lot more to the film after this Arrowing incident. Be sure to go through the DVD extras, including the voice-over commentary. Recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in 2009, the commentary features film historian and Western scholar Jim Kitses (Horizons West). He is a little wordy in his commentary, but he does pick up the high points. Moreover, sometimes you need somebody to tell you when your shoe is untied. I used him to tell me what I was looking at and missing. Even after this commentary, you need to watch the supplement named “Dreaming of Jeanie”. On a different note, I saw Monument Valley on vacation. Therefore, I can tell that they keep driving back and forth in a small area on their imaginary trip to Lordsburg. I am a new fan of Ernest Haycox and have read some of his books. However, I missed “Stage to Lordsburg”. It is now on my list to read. After watching the Criterion Blu-ray versions, where they pointed out the differences between the book and the film, I want to read more.