What is the iRankMovies score for Stagecoach?

Name: Stagecoach
Director: John Ford
Genre: adventure, drama, western
Released: 1939
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7.8

Stagecoach has an iRankMovies score of 86.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Stagecoach (1939)

A powerful story of nine strange people.

Release:1939

Runtime:1h 36m

Country:United States

Director:John Ford

Language:English

Genre

AdventureDramaWestern

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Keywords

Marriage ProposalProstituteNew MexicoArizonaInfantOutcastFugitiveShootout

iRank87

Stagecoach rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 58K votes

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Metacritic93%

TMDb7.608/10· 1K votes

With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 93/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Stagecoach

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.

Cast of Stagecoach

Claire Trevor
as Dallas
John Wayne
as The Ringo Kid
George Bancroft
as Marshal Curly Wilcox
Andy Devine
as Buck
Thomas Mitchell
as Doc Josiah Boone
John Carradine
as Hatfield
Donald Meek
as Samuel Peacock
Berton Churchill
as Ellsworth H. Gatewood
Louise Platt
as Lucy Mallory
Tim Holt
as Lt. Blanchard
Tom Tyler
as Luke Plummer
Chief John Big Tree
as Indian Scout (uncredited)

Stagecoach facts

Budget: $531.4K
Box office: $1.1M

Our take on Stagecoach

John Ford's 1939 western — the one that made John Wayne a star — throws a mismatched group of travellers together on a perilous coach journey through Apache country, revealing each of them along the way. Lean, archetypal and endlessly influential, it's where the modern western took shape. If its blend of action and character gripped you, seek out classic westerns and journey dramas where strangers are forged by shared danger.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Ford's pioneering direction established visual grammar for all Westerns that followed
•Desert journey creates mounting tension as characters reveal hidden depths and secrets
•Ensemble cast gives era-defining performances that feel lived-in and authentic

What the audience disliked

•Black and white cinematography may feel distant to audiences accustomed to color
•1939 social attitudes embedded in character dynamics clash with modern sensibilities