Stagecoach

In the film Stagecoach, a band of travelers in the 1880s step aboard a...stagecoach headed to New Mexico. It is a bizarre little group including a sheriff, prostitute, and a young John Wayne as a criminal on the run. The group face many trials including an attack from a band of Apache Indians. 

Production

Directed by John Ford

Produced by Walter Wanger

Screenplay by Dudley Nichols

Based on "The Stage to Lordsburg" (1937) by Ernest Haycox

Starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, Andy Devine, George Bancroft

Music by Louis Gruenberg, Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken, Gerard Carbonara (uncredited)

Cinematography by Bert Glennon

Edited by Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer

Production company: Walter Wanger Productions

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by United Artists

Release date: February 2, 1939 (Los Angeles), March 3, 1939 (U.S.)

Running time: 96 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $531,374

Box office: $1,103,757