Stagecoach - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Stagecoach"
Stagecoach (1939)
Timing:
1:36 (96 min)
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Actors and characters
Berton Churchill
Character Ellsworth H. Gatewood
Louise Platt
Character Lucy Mallory
William Hopper
Character Sergeant (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
Character Chris (uncredited)
Paul McVey
Character Pony Express Agent (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Character Bartender in Tonto (uncredited)
Whitehorse
Character Indian Chief (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Character Bit Part (uncredited)
Wiggie Blowne
Character Bit Part (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Character (uncredited)
Steve Clemente
Character Bit (uncredited)
Bill Cody
Character Rancher (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Character Bartender (uncredited)
Marga Ann Deighton
Character Mrs. Pickett (uncredited)
Patricia Doyle
Character Bit Part (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Character Bit Part (uncredited)
Johnny Eckert
Character Small Role (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
Character Mrs. Gatewood (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Character Bartender (uncredited)
Cornelius Keefe
Character Capt. Whitney (uncredited)
Al Lee
Character Small Role (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee
Character Lordsburg Sheriff (uncredited)
James Pier Mason
Character Tonto Express Agent Jim (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Character Tonto Sheriff (uncredited)
Walter McGrail
Character Capt. Sickel (uncredited)
Jack Mohr
Character Small Role (uncredited)
Kent Odell
Character Billy Pickett Jr. (uncredited)
Artie Ortego
Character Lordsburg Bar Patron (uncredited)
Vester Pegg
Character Hank Plummer (uncredited)
Chris Phillips
Character Small Role (uncredited)
Joe Rickson
Character Ike Plummer (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Character Rancher (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Character (uncredited)
Chuck Stubbs
Character (uncredited)
Leonard Trainor
Character Townsman (uncredited)
Mary Kathleen Walker
Character Lucy's Infant (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn
Character Capt. Simmons (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- Like most other films by John Ford, the filming took place in Monument Valley, Utah.
- “Stagecoach” was one of the few Westerns that made it into Soviet cinema release. In Soviet release, the film was titled “The Journey Will Be Dangerous.”
- The American Film Institute ranked the film ninth on its list of the greatest Westerns in film history in 2008.
- Famous David O. Selznick was interested in producing the film, but he would only take on the work if Gary Cooper played Ringo and Marlene Dietrich played Dallas.
- For Ford, the film was the first sound Western, and indeed the first Western in the last 13 years.
- When asked why the Indians didn't simply shoot the horses during the chase to stop the stagecoach, John Ford replied directly and plainly: "If they had, the film would have ended too quickly."
- Having bought the rights to adapt the story and commissioned Nichols to write the screenplay, Ford attempted to interest David Selznick in the project as early as 1937. Due to Selznick’s preoccupation with the production of 'Gone with the Wind' and delays in starting filming, Ford moved to another independent studio owned by Walter Wanger. The latter insisted that established stars Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich play the leading roles, but Ford flatly refused to compromise. He only saw John Wayne in the role of Ringo, who had ceased to be considered a promising actor after the failure of the Western 'The Big Trail' (1930).
- Following negotiations with Ford, Wanger's studio finally gave the project the green light, although they significantly cut its funding. Ford was given the condition that the well-known Wayne, and not the popular actress Claire Trevor of the time, would be prominently featured in large print on all posters. Accepting this condition, the director presented Wayne (his longtime protégé and friend) on screen later than the other actors, and in a particularly striking manner. Some of the character actors moved from Ford's previous film, 'The Hurricane' (where a group of people also face imminent disaster) to 'Stagecoach'.
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