Stagecoach 1986 filming locations
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Stagecoach (1986 film)
1986 film directed by Ted Post
Stagecoach is a 1986 American Westerntelevision film directed by Ted Post and written by James Lee Barrett. It is a remake of the 1939 film of the same name, itself based on a short story by Ernest Haycox. It is the second remake of the film, after the 1966 feature film. Kris Kristofferson stars as the Ringo Kid. Willie Nelson portrays famous gunslinger and dentist Doc Holliday, Johnny Cash portrays Marshal Curly Wilcox and Waylon Jennings plays the gambler Hatfield. All four stars were associated as members of the country music supergroupThe Highwaymen. The supporting cast features Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Newley, Tony Franciosa, Mary Crosby, June Carter Cash and Jessi Colter. The film aired on CBS on May 18, 1986.
Plot
[edit]In 1880, a group of strangers boards the east-bound stagecoach from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico Territory. The travelers seem ordinary, but many have secrets from which
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Where was Stagecoach filmed?
1939
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Americana/Anywhere, Colonial, Building Dated/Retro, Georgian/Southern, Southwestern, Rustic
About Stagecoach
Unfolding amidst the rough and rugged times of the 1880s, Stagecoach (1939) is a cinematic tour de force directed bygd the critically acclaimed John Ford. This pioneering Western stars John Wayne and Claire Trevor as they lead an eclectic group of strangers on an exciting adventure traveling the treacherous Apache country in a stagecoach.
This narrative brings together a wide variety of people, all with unique histories and secrets to share. A whiskey salesman, a pompous Southerner, an alcoholic doctor, and a prostitute are among the many characters they meet along the route. There will be chances for self-improvement as well as danger and Apache raids along the way. The rulle deftly examines themes of virtue, redemption, and the indomitable will to survive
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Stagecoach | 1939
John Ford’s classic film is based on a short story, scen to Lordsburg, by Ernest Haycox, published in Collier’s Magazine in 1937, in turn, based on Guy de Maupassant’s Boule dem Suif, set during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
And apart from the geographical locale, John Wayne’s character name was wisely changed from Malpais Bill to the Ringo Kid.
The film established Monument Valley, on the Arizona-Utah border, as an icon of the American Old West, although, of the passengers, only John Wayne actually trekked out to the area. None of the principals made it past California’s San Fernando Valley.
Monument Valley, an area of striking, flat-topped mesas and buttes, was a tough location in 1938, at the end of a 200-mile dirt road from Flagstaff, Arizona. The Navajo nation, already troubled by disease and unemployment, were employed to p