Stagecoach ( 1966 film ) - wikipedia Stagecoach ( 1966 film ) Stagecoach Theatrical poster design by Norman Rockwell Directed by Gordon Douglas Produced by Martin Rackin Written by Screenplay by Joseph Landon Based on a screenplay by Dudley Nichols From a story by Ernest Haycox Starring Ann - Margret Red Buttons Michael Connors Alex Cord Bing Crosby Bob Cummings Van Heflin Slim Pickens Stefanie Powers Keenan Wynn Music by Jerry Goldsmith Cinematography William H. Clothier A.S.C. Edited by Hugh S. Fowler, A.C.E. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date April 22, 1966 ( 1966 - 04 - 22 ) ( West Germany ) April 25, 1966 ( 1966 - 04 - 25 ) ( Sweden ) April 28, 1966 ( 1966 - 04 - 28 ) ( Japan ) May 13, 1966 ( 1966 - 05 - 13 ) ( Austria ) June 15, 1966 ( 1966 - 06 - 15 ) ( U.S. ) Running time 115 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $3.5 million Box office $4 million ( US / Canada ) Stagecoach is a 1966 American film, directed by Gordon Douglas between July and September 1965, as a color remake of the Academy Award - winning John Ford 1939 classic black - and - white western Stagecoach. Unlike the original version which listed its ten leading players in order of importance, the major stars are billed in alphabetical order. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Additional cast 3 Production 3.1 Locations 3.2 Comparison to 1939 film 4 Soundtrack 4.1 Opening credits 4.2 Unbilled 5 Reception 5.1 Film guide reviews 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Plot In 1880, a group of strangers boards the east - bound stagecoach from Dry Fork, Wyoming Territory to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. The travellers seem ordinary, but many have secrets that they are running from. Among them are Dallas, a prostitute who is being driven out of town ; an alcoholic doctor, Doc Boone ; pregnant Lucy Mallory who is meeting her cavalry officer husband ; and whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock. As the stage sets out, U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant Blanchard announces that Crazy Horse and his Siouxs are on the warpath ; his small troop will provide an escort part of the way. Cast Ann - Margret -- Dallas, The Dancehall Hostess Red Buttons -- Mr. Peacock, The Whiskey Salesman Michael Connors -- Hatfield, The Card Shark Alex Cord -- The Ringo Kid Bing Crosby -- Josiah Boone, The Alcoholic Doctor Bob Cummings -- Henry Gatewood, The Embezzler Van Heflin -- Curley Wilcox, The Marshall Slim Pickens -- Buck, The Stage Driver Stefanie Powers -- Mrs. Lucy Mallory, The Expectant Mother Keenan Wynn -- Luke Plummer, The Killer Brad Weston -- Matt Plummer Joseph Hoover -- Lieutenant Blanchard John Gabriel -- Captain Jim Mallory Oliver McGowan -- Mr. Haines David Humphreys Miller -- Billy Pickett Bruce Mars -- Dancing Trooper Brett Pearson -- Drunken Sergeant Muriel Davidson -- Mrs. Ellouise Gatewood Ned Wynn -- Ike Plummer Norman Rockwell -- Busted Flush the Poker Player Edwin Mills -- Sergeant Major Hal Lynch -- Jerry the Bartender and The Westernaires Additional cast Also in the cast, playing their sole credited film roles, were two artists, 15th - billed David Humphreys Miller, a 47 - year - old western historian who specialized in the culture of the northern Plains Indians and created, among his works, 72 portraits of the survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and 20th - billed Norman Rockwell, 71 years old, who was engaged to be on the set in order to paint the portraits of the stars and assigned the small role of a town poker player nicknamed Busted Flush. The film 's closing - credits sequence features the full - screen inscription, THE CAST AS PAINTED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL, followed by images of each of the ten leading players in the same order as in the opening credits. The portraits were also used in the poster for the film. Bebe Kelly played a Saloon Girl. Production Locations A statement in end credits reads : `` The Producers express their appreciation to the owners of the Caribou Country Club Ranch at Nederland, Colorado, and to the Park Department of that state, for their cooperation in the making of this film. '' Comparison to 1939 film In parallel with the 1939 version, Ann - Margret, who is listed first, replaces first - billed Claire Trevor as the dancehall hostess / prostitute Dallas. Red Buttons, in second place, takes the role of Mr. Peacock, the alcohol peddler in a minister 's garb, played in 1939 by 8th - billed Donald Meek. Third - placed Michael Connors portrays the tough gambler, Hatfield, originated by fourth - listed John Carradine. Alphabetically - fourth Alex Cord is the Ringo Kid, the role that made second - billed John Wayne into a star beyond the quickly made low - budget B - western series which had primarily represented his screen appearances during the 1930s. In fifth place is Bing Crosby, making his final major acting appearance in a theatrical feature, playing the alcoholic Doc Boone, bringing his own interpretation to the character portrayal which won fifth - billed Thomas Mitchell the 1939 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sixth - placed Bob Cummings plays the embezzling banker Gatewood, a role assigned in 1939 to 9th - billed Berton Churchill, while seventh in line Van Heflin is the marshal, Curley, played in the original by 7th - billed George Bancroft. The eighth alphabetical position is taken by Slim Pickens as the coach driver, Buck, initially portrayed by third - billed Andy Devine, while ninth place falls to Stefanie Powers as the pregnant Army wife, Lucy Mallory, played in 1939 by the 6th - billed Louise Platt. At the end of the alphabetical cast, Keenan Wynn, in tenth place, is Luke Plummer, the patriarch of a family of killers, portrayed in 1939 by western star Tom Tyler, billed 11th in the end credits. Finally, 12th - billed supporting player Joseph Hoover portrays the Lieutenant, a character originated by Tim Holt, who was listed 10th in the 1939 credits. Soundtrack Opening credits Wayne Newton sings `` Stagecoach to Cheyenne '' Words and music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance Unbilled `` Stagecoach Theme ( I Will Follow ) '' Music by Jerry Goldsmith Lyrics by Ruth Batchelor Orchestrated by Harry Betts Vocal arrangement by Bill Brown Performed by the Bill Brown Singers `` Stagecoach To Cheyenne '' by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance Orchestrated by Shorty Rogers Vocal arrangement by Bill Brown Performed by the Bill Brown Singers Reception Variety summed it up as : `` New version of `` Stagecoach '' is loaded with b.o. appeal. Ten stars repping a wide spectrum of audience interest, an absorbing script about diverse characters thrown together by fate, plus fine direction and performances are all wrapped up in a handsomely mounted Martin Rackin production... Crosby projects eloquently the jaded worldliness of a down - and - outer who still has not lost all self - respect. Much humor evolves from his running gag with Red Buttons, the preacher - dressed and mannered liquor salesman played earlier by the late Donald Meek. '' The New York Times review included : ``... The action fans may not be short - changed, but only a few of the principals achieve more than surface effects. In a decided departure from the norm, Bing Crosby, as the unshaven, sodden surgeon, is casual, natural, glib and mildly funny. Mr. Heflin is authoritative and taciturn as the marshal intent on keeping his prisoner, the Ringo Kid, from being shot down by the savage Plummers, and Mr. Cord is properly hard, sinewy and determined as that vengeful lone cowhand... But `` Stagecoach, '' after all, is a horse opera, and the horses, the eye - catching scenery, those dependable hands, and superb sound and fury make it an enjoyable trip most of the way. '' Film Guide reviews Leonard Maltin 's Movie Guide ( 2014 edition ) gave Stagecoach 21⁄2 stars ( out of 4 ), describing it as a `` ( C ) olorful, star - studded Western '' which `` is OK, but ca n't hold a candle to the 1939 masterpiece ''. Maltin also calls it `` ( O ) verlong '' and notes that `` Wayne Newton sings the title song ! ''. Steven H. Scheuer 's Movies on TV ( 1972 -- 73 edition ) also granted 21⁄2 stars ( out of 4 ), characterizing it `` ( A ) n all - star remake of the classic '' and evaluating that `` ( T ) he Ford version was better, but the action is still pretty good the second time around ''. A later edition ( 1986 -- 87 ) shortened the capsule review to `` ( A ) n all - star... '' and `` ( A ) ction is still pretty good... ''. A still later edition ( 1993 -- 1994 ) retained `` ( A ) n all - star '', but revised the second sentence to `` ( D ) oes n't live up to its predecessor, but OK on its own terms ''. Assigning 2 stars ( out of 5 ), The Motion Picture Guide ( 1987 ) posited that `` ( W ) hy Hollywood insists on remaking classics will always be a puzzle. John Ford 's 1939 version of the Haycox story was a genuine western classic and this is a genuine western omelette. The presence of Crosby, in his last acting job in movies, saves the movie from being a total mess. In 1986, a TV version of the picture was done with several country music stars in the leads, as well as Liz Ashley and Anthony Newley. It was so awful, it made this movie look good by comparison ''. Later in its write - up, The Guide opines that `` ( W ) hereas the original had engaging characters and not all that much violence, this one concentrates on bloodletting, the dialog is a failed attempt to be ' adult ', and the performances are generally substandard. Norman Rockwell appears briefly. He 'd done the excellent portraits of the actors used with the end credit and they rewarded him with a role in the picture, his first and only. Wayne Newton sings ' Stagecoach to Cheyenne ' ( Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance ). It 's the kind of song one dislikes upon first hearing and hates upon the second ''. VideoHound 's Golden Movie Retriever ( 2011 edition ) does not have a separate entry for the 1966 version but, at the end of its write - up for the 1939 classic is the sentence, `` Remade miserably with ( sic ) in 1966 and again -- why ? -- as a TV movie in 1986 ''. Among British references, TimeOut Film Guide critic Paul Taylor advised to `` ( L ) ook again at the credits before you 're tempted : this is the witless remake of Ford 's classic, with neither colour nor Cord anything like adequate recompense for Bert Glennon 's dusty monochrome or Wayne 's early strut as the Ringo Kid '' ( from 2009 edition ). Leslie Halliwell in his Film Guide ( 5th edition, 1985 ) felt even less charitable, denigrating it as an ( A ) bsolutely awful remake of the above ; costly but totally spiritless, miscast and uninteresting ``. Finally, David Shipman in his 1984 Good Film and Video Guide, does not grant it any stars ( Shipman 's top number is 4 ), questioning `` ( Y ) ou wonder why they dared -- or bothered. In Ford 's film ( see previous entry ), everything works but here almost nothing does ''. He concludes with `` Keenan Wynn plays a bad man waiting for the stage to arrive. His professionalism, and that of Heflin and Crosby, are some consolation ''. See also Film portal List of American films of 1966 References Jump up ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox : A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p254 Jump up ^ Solomon p 230. See also `` Big Rental Pictures of 1966 '', Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8. Please note figures are rentals not total gross. Jump up ^ Stagecoach at RareFilm ^ Jump up to : Kleiner, Dick ( syndicated Hollywood columnist for Newspaper Enterprise Association describes his visit to Stagecoach 's picturesque filming location in Nederland, Colorado ) ( August 5, 1965 ). `` SHOW BEAT : Rains Swamp Stagecoach ''. The Florence Times. Retrieved February 13, 2015. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Norman Rockwell Goes Hollywood '' ( Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont website ) Jump up ^ Stagecoach poster at the Norman Rockwell Museum Jump up ^ Curry, Adrian. `` Movie Poster of the Week : The Movie Posters of Norman Rockwell '' ( MUBI, 09 July 2010 ) Jump up ^ Austin, Guy in Hollywood. `` Show Business / Rodeo rider turns film star... / Will this new Ringo succeed John Wayne ? '' ( The Sun - Herald ( Sydney ), June 19, 1966, page 93 ) Jump up ^ Kehr, Dave ( film writer for The Times reports on the long - delayed DVD release of the 1966 version ) ( October 14, 2011 ). `` The Man Who Dared to Fill John Wayne 's Boots ''. The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Wilson, Earl. `` Bing Says Sinatra Is Hard To Coop Up '' ( The Herald Trubune ( Sarasota ), August 21, 1965, page 19 ) Jump up ^ Bastardo, Luigi. `` Stagecoach ( 1966 ) DVD Review : The Version Everyone Forgot About / Twilight Time brings us a beautiful transfer for a rather underrated remake of the John Ford classic. '' ( Cinema Sentries, November 22, 2011 ) Jump up ^ `` Stagecoack '' at Bing Crosby Internet Museum ( April 2004 ) Jump up ^ Erickson, Glenn ( October 5, 2011 ). `` Stagecoach ( 1966 ) ''. DVD Savant. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Variety ''. May 25, 1966. Jump up ^ Weiler, A.H. ( June 16, 1966 ). `` The New York Times ''. Jump up ^ Maltin, Leonard ( September 4, 2012 ). `` Stagecoach ''. Leonard Maltin 's 2013 Movie Guide : The Modern Era. Retrieved March 1, 2017. ISBN 1101604638 Jump up ^ The Motion Picture Guide ( Chicago, 1987 ), volume VII, pp. 3094 -- 95 Jump up ^ PT. Stagecoach ( TimeOut ) External links Stagecoach on IMDb Stagecoach at the American Film Institute Catalog Stagecoach at the TCM Movie Database Stagecoach at AllMovie Stagecoach at Rotten Tomatoes Stagecoach at TV Guide ( revised form of this 1987 write - up was originally published in The Motion Picture Guide ) Films directed by Gordon Douglas General Spanky ( 1936 ) Zenobia ( 1939 ) Saps at Sea ( 1940 ) Broadway Limited ( 1941 ) The Great Gildersleeve ( 1942 ) Gildersleeve 's Bad Day ( 1943 ) Gildersleeve on Broadway ( 1943 ) A Night of Adventure ( 1944 ) Gildersleeve 's Ghost ( 1944 ) Girl Rush ( 1944 ) The Falcon in Hollywood ( 1944 ) Zombies on Broadway ( 1945 ) First Yank into Tokyo ( 1945 ) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball ( 1946 ) San Quentin ( 1946 ) If You Knew Susie ( 1948 ) Walk a Crooked Mile ( 1948 ) The Doolins of Oklahoma ( 1949 ) Mr. Soft Touch ( 1949 ) The Nevadan ( 1950 ) Fortunes of Captain Blood ( 1950 ) Rogues of Sherwood Forest ( 1950 ) Between Midnight and Dawn ( 1950 ) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye ( 1950 ) The Great Missouri Raid ( 1951 ) Only the Valiant ( 1951 ) I Was a Communist for the FBI ( 1951 ) Come Fill the Cup ( 1951 ) Mara Maru ( 1952 ) The Iron Mistress ( 1952 ) She 's Back on Broadway ( 1953 ) The Charge at Feather River ( 1953 ) So This Is Love ( 1953 ) Them ! ( 1954 ) Young at Heart ( 1954 ) The McConnell Story ( 1955 ) Sincerely Yours ( 1955 ) Santiago ( 1956 ) The Big Land ( 1957 ) Bombers B - 52 ( 1957 ) Fort Dobbs ( 1958 ) The Fiend Who Walked the West ( 1958 ) Up Periscope ( 1959 ) Yellowstone Kelly ( 1959 ) The Sins of Rachel Cade ( 1961 ) Gold of the Seven Saints ( 1961 ) Claudelle Inglish ( 1961 ) Follow That Dream ( 1962 ) Call Me Bwana ( 1963 ) Robin and the 7 Hoods ( 1964 ) Rio Conchos ( 1964 ) Sylvia ( 1965 ) Harlow ( 1965 ) Stagecoach ( 1966 ) Way... Way Out ( 1966 ) In Like Flint ( 1967 ) Chuka ( 1967 ) Tony Rome ( 1967 ) The Detective ( 1968 ) Lady in Cement ( 1968 ) Skullduggery ( 1970 ) They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! ( 1970 ) Barquero ( 1970 ) Slaughter 's Big Rip - Off ( 1973 ) Nevada Smith ( 1975 ) Viva Knievel ! 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Question: where was the 1966 version of stagecoach filmed
Answer: Nederland, Colorado