TITLE...........: Stagecoach (1939)
STARS...........: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Bancroft, Andy Devine
DIRECTOR........: John Ford
WRITERS.........: Dudley Nichols
GENRE...........: Western, Adventure
METACRITIC......: 93/74
TOMATOMETER.....: 100/86
IMDB SCORE......: 7.8
IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031971
RUNTIME.........: 1h 36mn
SIZE............: 6.99 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 10000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English FLAC 1.0
AUDIO2..........: Commentary by film historian Jim Kitses (2010)
AUDIO2..........: Commentary by author Scott Eyman (2006)
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray, Warner DVD
ENCODE DATE.....: 2024-010-27
CHECKSUM........: 1E663B953626FF3C02309906E95E2066


This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances, Stagecoach features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John Carradine, and Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, John Wayne, in his first starring role for Ford, as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited, Stagecoach (Ford’s first trip to Monument Valley) is Hollywood storytelling at its finest.


Extras

• Commentary by author Scott Eyman (2006) [Warner]
• Commentary by film historian Jim Kitses (2010)
• Dreaming of Jeannie: John Ford's Stagecoach
• True West: Harry Goulding and Monument Valley
• Yakima Canutt: Stuntman Supreme
• 1968 Interview with John Ford by Philip Jenkinson
• 2010 Interview with film historian Peter Bogdanovic
• John Ford Home Movies
• Screen Director's Guild Playhouse, January 9, 1949
• Theatrical trailer