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''Synopsis''
A random cross-section of 1880s American society boards the stagecoach from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico Territory, including the [[The Alcoholic|alcoholic]] Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell), whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock (Donald Meek), the pregnant officer's wife Lucy Mallory (Louise Platt), gambler and [[Southern Gentleman]] Hatfield (John Carradine), [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|banker]] Henry Gatewood (Barton Churchill), and [[Hooker
The US cavalry warns the stagecoach passengers that Apaches are active in the area and that Geronimo is on the warpath. However, the stagecoach sets out anyway, first with a full cavalry detachment, but not long on the trip they break away to join the main Army group. They get to Dry Fork without incident, though the outpost is undefended, and continue on to Apache Wells, where Lucy is expecting to meet her husband, who is in the Army. When they reach Apache Wells, they find it nearly abandoned, no soldiers in sight, and Lucy's husband nowhere to be found. Someone at Apache Wells tells Lucy that her husband has been wounded, and hearing this Lucy faints and gives birth, off-screen, so the passengers rest a day before pressing on. The Ringo Kid considers escape, but decides against it when he sees smoke from buildings burnt by Apaches. They continue on to Lee's Ferry, which is burnt down, and ford the river. They think they're clear, but several dozen Apaches on horseback attack them. After a long chase, during which one passenger dies and another is injured, the US cavalry stages a last-minute rescue.
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Once they arrive in Lordsburg, the Ringo Kid has a shoot-out with the outlaws, then goes back to Wilcox, expecting to be arrested. Instead, Wilcox and Doc Boone laughingly allow the Kid to escape with Dallas, and they ride off into the sunrise.
The film was [[The Remake|remade]] in 1966 by director Gavin Douglas, with Alex Cord replacing Wayne as the Ringo Kid, [[Bing Crosby]] as Doc Boone, [[The Longest Day|Red Buttons]] as Peacock, [[The Girl
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The movie draws inspiration from "Boule de Suif", a short story by [[Guy
** A more direct source of the movie was "The Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox, which had a "bare-bones plot". Ford merged it with de Maupassant's story to add more characterization.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Thomas Mitchell earned his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for being convincingly alcoholic as Doc Boone. By movie's end - having proved himself a good doctor - he's hinting at cutting back on the whiskey...
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: Wilcox and the Ringo Kid
* [[The Gambler]]: Hatfield again
* [[Hooker
* [[Jerkass]]: Gatewood
* [[Revenge]]: The Kid's motivation to get to Lordsburg.
* [[Running Gag]]: No one can seem to remember Mr. Peacock's name.
* [[The Savage Indian]]: Local Navajo Indians were enlisted to play the part of the bloodthirsty Apaches.
* [[Sour Prudes]]: The women who hate [[Hooker
* [[Southern Gentleman]]: Hatfield. He's more gambler than gentleman, though.
* [[Standard Snippet]]: Par for the course in a John Ford movie, but probably used more here than in any other. By one count, the score uses seventeen folk and popular songs from the era, some as [[Leitmotif|leitmotifs]], for instance ''I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair'' for Mrs. Malory.
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