Well, you gotta live no matter what happens.
I usually don't love Westerns, but this movie is pretty special. It has the unique distinction of kicking of TWO superstar careers. This was John Ford's first "talkie" western and he would go on to become the most copied and respected director of the genre ever. This was also John Wayne's breakthrough role as he shifted from low-budget backup roles to leading man for the following twenty years.
Set in 1880, "Stagecoach" tells the story of a journey from Arizona to New Mexico through Apache country with a prostitute, a drunk doctor, a "cavalry wife", a whiskey salesman, and an embezzling banker in tow. On the way out of town the driver picks up a U.S. Marshall who is on the lookout for "The Ringo Kid" (John Wayne). Drama abounds as this rag-tag group run into angry Indians, one of the group gives birth, and the multi-layered relationships between them on the cramped stagecoach.
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