
Stagecoach(1939)
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.


“John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"”
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

Ben Johnson
Travis Blue

Joanne Dru
Denver

Harry Carey, Jr.
Sandy

Ward Bond
Elder Wiggs

Charles Kemper
Uncle Shiloh Clegg

Alan Mowbray
Dr. A. Locksley Hall

Jane Darwell
Sister Ledyard

Ruth Clifford
Fleuretty Phyffe

Russell Simpson
Adam Perkins
Kathleen O'Malley
Prudence Perkins
Wagon Master is a adventure, western film released in 1950 exploring themes of native american, caravan, migration, medicine show, attempted rape, crime family. Directed by John Ford, it stars Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey, Jr.. Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
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