STAGECOACH (1939) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: John Ford
John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell,
John Carradine, Andy Devine, Donald Meek,
George Bancroft, Berton Churchill, Louise Platt
The stage to Lordsburg stops in the middle of the desert to pick up a lean, young fella with a rifle in one hand and a saddle in the other. The camera zeroes in for a closeup, and John Wayne becomes a star.