STAGECOACH
(Walter Wanger) OHN FORD’S Stagecoach, now about 13 years old, is among recent’ welcome revivals. Thouglf I hadn’t seen it before, I can’t say that I went along in the best frame of mind to form an impartial opinion, for I knew, of course, of John Ford’s fine record with Westerns since his first big effort, The Tron Horse. Though Stagecoach is even better than I expected, I’m inclined to agree that it takes a little too long to come to an end after the real climax in the wonderfully portrayed flight from the Apaches across the salt flats. Stagecoach warms the heart with its humanity; it crowds. a whole little society into a swaying coach and has for its heroes and heroine three outcasts-an alcoholic doctor (Thomas Mitchell), a young outlaw (John Wayne) and a saloon girl (Claire Trevor),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 669, 2 May 1952, Page 19
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141STAGECOACH New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 669, 2 May 1952, Page 19
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