Stagecoach (1939)
Genres: Western
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton Churchill, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, Tim Holt
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.