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Stagecoach Movie Review Summary

Actors: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, Tim Holt, George Bancroft

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A stagecoach carrying a doctor, a preacher, a dancing girl, a crooked banker, an Army Major's wife and her escort travels through hostile Apache country. The Army can only escort them halfway. Along the way, the pick up Ringo, a man who escaped from jail to kill the men who killed his father and brother.
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At a stop along the way, Lucy, the Major's wife, goes into labor and the doctor sobers up just enough to deliver the baby.
Although they'd like to let Lucy rest, they have no choice but to continue because the Apache are preparing to attack.
When the Apaches attack Lucy's escort is killed and the driver and the preacher are wounded, but the other passengers are able to fight off the indians until the cavaly arrives to help them.
When the stage finally reaches it's destination Lucy and the wounded are attended to. The crooked banker is arrested
Before taking him into custody, the marshall gives Ringo ten minutes to fight it out with the Plummer brothers, who killed his family.
Ringo kills the men and returns to Dallas, the dancing girl that he fell in love with.
Instead of taking Ringo into custody, the marshall puts him and Dallas on a wagon and lets them ride away.
The review of this Movie prepared by Brandon Swenson




Around 1880 a stagecoach with 7 passengers is bound to Lordsburg, New Mex from Toronto. It has to go through Apache territories. On the way Ringo, a cowboy accused of a murder which he did not commit, joins the passengers. The stagecoach will have to face various perils and dangers on the way and in Lordsburg Ringo will have te opportunity to face the Plummer Bros and prove his innocence.
The review of this Movie prepared by massimo moretti



Script Analysis of Stagecoach

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 35%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 45%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 20% Time/Era of Movie:    -   16th-19th century Western    -   Yes Kind of western:    -   Good white men fighting wicked Indians    -   traveling across the west

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   accused criminal    -   criminal Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   White (American)

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   West Desert?    -   Yes Prairie?    -   Yes Misc setting    -   building

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   non-gory references to death/punishment    -   gory visuals of deaths Kind of violence:    -   guns Unusual forms of death    -   perforation--bullets Any profanity?    -   None

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