Stagecoach (1939)
Directed by John Ford
A stagecoach full of mismatched passengers crosses Apache country from Tonto, Arizona, to Lordsburg, New Mexico, picking up an escaped outlaw on the way.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Tonto, Arizona Territory (fictional)≈ 00:03:00Stated on screenFictional
Passengers board the Lordsburg stage, among them Dallas, run out of town, and the drunken Doc Boone; Curley rides along hunting Ringo.
- 2On the road out of Tonto≈ 00:18:00Tonto, Arizona Territory (fictional)InferredFictional
The coach meets the Ringo Kid on foot beside his lame horse and Curley takes him into custody.
- 3Dry Fork stage station (fictional)≈ 00:25:00Stated on screenFictional
No cavalry escort waits at the station, and the passengers vote to go on.
- 4Apache Wells stage station (fictional)≈ 00:38:00Stated on screenFictional
Lucy Mallory gives birth with Doc and Dallas's help, and Ringo asks Dallas to share his ranch in Mexico.
- 5Burned ferry crossing (fictional)≈ 01:03:00InferredFictional
The ferry has been burned, so they float the coach across on logs.
- 6Dry lake bed, Apache attack≈ 01:08:00Burned ferry crossing (fictional)InferredFictional
- 7Lordsburg, New Mexico≈ 01:20:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 295 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 7
- Horse: 295 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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