One of the Most Thrilling Pictures Ever Filmed!

Starring: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Tim Holt

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from." - The Ringo Kid

Why watch this? This is the first great Wayne-Ford collaboration.

Plot Summary: This oater follows a diverse group of passengers on a stagecoach journey through the dangerous American frontier in the 1880s. The characters, including an outlaw, a prostitute, a gambler, a drunk doctor, and a banker, are forced to confront their prejudices and vulnerabilities as they face the threat of a looming Apache attack. Their perilous journey tests their courage and reveals surprising truths about human nature.

Dad's Preview: This early John Ford Western featured a new actor, a young man named Marion Michael Morrison. His stage name? John Wayne. This classic film introduces the viewer to each stage passenger, one by one. Just outside of town, they stop to pick up "The Ringo Kid". The scene in which he stops the stage instantly made Wayne a star. As word of Indian problems reach them, the stage must race across the Great Salt Lake to the nearest fort. As the pursuing natives catch up to them, it's a question of who will survive the bullets and flying arrows! There's action, poignant moments and a little romance, too.

Walter Wanger Prod.; United Artists