Stagecoach

A group of unlikely traveling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne., A diverse ensemble of travellers must work together to defend their stagecoach against Geronimo and Apache attacks. Colour remake of John Ford’s 1939 western classic., Bing Crosby and Ann-Margret star in Gordon Douglas’s colour remake of John Ford’s classic monochrome western. A disparate group of people board a stagecoach to escape a small town that was recently attacked by Native Americans. Among their number is an alcoholic doctor (Bing Crosby), a prostitute (Ann-Margret), an embezzling bank clerk (Robert Cummings), a pregnant army officer’s wife (Stefanie Powers) and a lawman (Van Heflin). And, along the way, they pick up Ringo (Alex Cord), an outlaw who has falsely been accused of murder. Ahead of them is a trying and eventful journey, overshadowed by the constant threat of another Native American attack. But perhaps they should be more concerned about what will happen when they arrive at their destination. Edited for violence., Bing Crosby and Ann-Margaret star in this remake of John Ford’s classic western. A group of disparate strangers are thrown together while travelling through dangerous territory., Outbound from a small town recently besieged by Indians, a stagecoach carries several diverse characters. They include rummy sawbones Josiah Boone (Bing Crosby), dance-hall girl and prostitute Dallas (Ann-Margret), embezzling bank clerk Gatewood (Robert Cummings), pregnant army officer’s wife Lucy Mallory (Stefanie Powers), policeman Curly (Van Heflin), and several others. En route, the drunken Doc Boone is forced to sober up and deliver Lucy’s baby, and the travelers are joined by Ringo (Alex Cord), an outlaw falsely accused of killing his own father and brother. Despite being arrested by Curly, Ringo helps fight off Indians and falls for Dallas. Once the coach reaches its destination, Luke Plummer (Keenan Wynn) and his two sons, the real killers of Ringo’s family, shoot Gatewood for his stolen loot and wound Curly. A showdown between the Plummers and Ringo is inevitable. Famed painter Norman Rockwell, who rendered cast portraits for the film’s closing credits sequence, appears in a brief cameo., A diverse ensemble of travelers must work together to defend their stagecoach against Geronimo and Apache attacks. Color remake of John Ford’s 1939 western classic., Western remake about a stagecoach which runs into trouble when it is attacked by Indians.