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Academy Award Winner – Best Supporting Actor, Best Score Winner – New York Film Critics Circle Awards |
"The film so transcended the established western that it revolutionized the genre." -- At-a-Glance Film Reviews

(Avg. 3.5)Stagecoach is a 1939 western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht, is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.