Stagecoach
These Were The Ten Who Fought Indians, Outlaws And Each Other As They Rode To Greatness On The Stagecoach To Cheyenne!
1966 • 115 min • Western
Synopsis
A group of unlikely travelling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thrown out of town, a professional gambler, a travelling liquor salesman, a banker who has decided to embezzle money, a gun-slinger out for revenge and a young woman going to join her army captain husband. All have secrets but when they are set upon by an Indian war party and then a family of outlaws, they find they must all work together if they are to stay alive.
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 61 Audience · 51 · 49%
A diverse group of strangers travels together on a stagecoach through dangerous territory. Facing threats from an Indian war party and outlaws, they must put aside their differences and work together to survive. Each traveler carries secrets, leading to tension and unexpected alliances.
- Violence & peril
- 5/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 4/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Frequent gun violence and some hand-to-hand fighting.
- Characters drink and gamble regularly; one character is a doctor struggling with alcohol.
- Some outdated stereotypes regarding Native Americans may lead to discussions.
What it models well
- Cooperation in crisis
- Facing prejudice
- Finding common ground
- Courage under pressure
Talk about it after
- How different people can unite for a common goal.
- The consequences of past actions.
- The challenges of trust and prejudice.
- Survival instincts in difficult situations.
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Top billed cast
Director: Gordon Douglas • Crew: Joseph Landon, Dudley Nichols, Ernest Haycox
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers"Curly, you ain't got the sense that God gave a goose" There isn't much point in comparing this with John Ford's 1939 version, so if you can sort of forget that and take this at face value, it isn't an half bad western.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersWorthy color remake of the classic Western with Ann-Margret, Van Heflin and Alex Cord This 1966 version of "Stagecoach" is a color remake of the classic B&W Western from 1939. There would be another remake in 1986 featuring country stars of the era. The story revolves around nine characters circa 1880 that travel on a stagecoach through a mountainous area where a group of Indians are on the warpath.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.1/10 (51)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0061024
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