Stagecoach (20th Century Fox) (1966)

STAGECOACH PRODUCTION STAFF CAST Produced by...... Ree eee Martin Rackin PELIER i545 555 eee ieCawas Ann-Margret Associate Producer. .....0.83 Alvin G. Manuel BE. PEQeen, ...3 cies aoa Red Buttons Witeme ted O9.5 ish Aeweeiies Gordon Douglas NGGTIGIG a es 4 ess Michael Connors Sereen0 AV DY. cic acs wos 448s Joseph Landon RIO 6 os ee ee ee Alex Cord Based on a screenplay by..... Dudley Nichols DOC DOONG. 54< ts sis 84 wks Bing Crosby PrOO @ StOry Oy. crak ee ....-Ernest Haycox Mp, “GAT ewour..... cia 85s oes Bob Cummings = a as ane ececeeee verry Goldsmith CS ie vc ies ee eee eee Van Heflin Director of William H. Clothier, PU ecg es Tor ee re ark Slim Pickens PRrotograpny.......A.S8.C. Mrs, Lucy Mallory....Stefanie Powers fg ekg a Es nearer emer ae Jack Martin Smith tales Fe i oe ee Keenan Wynn Herman A. Blumenthal PISCL -PimMert ccs adasc use Brad Weston SO DOCOvatione ...6s cscs sa ee Walter M, Scott Le. Bisncnard.... ss ....Joseph Hoover Stuart A, Reiss Cactain Mal Lory ficdcsus John Gabriel Unit Production Manager..... ...Harry Caplan ME. MOINS. 51d ase ae es Oliver McGowen Assistant Director....... Joseph E. Rickards Billy Pickett. ..; ge ie Gee So aia eer Hugh S. Fowler, A.C.E, David Humphreys Miller Special Photographic DOES ong 50 io ho ....--bruce Mars Pre@Cees oye vciw ee co Lb, 3B, Abbott, A. 3G, SEP EGGHE oak hea Ve ee Brett Pearson Emil Kosa, Jr. WO ea es er ee Muriel Davidson FOC es aan ees Bernard Freericks tee Piawtes. 4 iiss eae Sues Ned Wynn Elmer Raguse TOWARSMAD, . 6 saws ee «s Norman Rockwell Second Unit Director, .iioss cas en Ray Kellogg BRE ROE ie oe a ees Edwin Mills Production Assistant......... Arthur Steloff BAtCenger sas x00 008 (tices es Dye Orchestration. sci. ss eer e Arthur Morton MARRS BY 6 ook see ee Peer ele ae eae Ben Nye Supervising Hair Stylist...Margaret Donovan kas Hair Styles for Ann-Margret created by...Sydney Guilaroff SR) al | ae an ORE o Se nenne anntgray arene sere Br De Luxe SYNOPSIS (Not for Publication) As a stagecoach bound for Cheyenne, Wyoming, is about to leave the small town of Dryfork, a troop of cavalry rides up. Their leader tells the driver (SLIM PICKENS) that they will accompany the stagecoach part of the way to protect the passengers from Indian war parties, The marshal of Dryfork, Curly (VAN HEFLIN), is riding as a guard on the stagecoach because he is anxious to capture an escaped criminal, the Ringo Kid (ALEX CORD), who he thinks is headed for Cheyenne. The passengers on the coach include two undesirables who are being evicted from Dryfork. One is Doc Boone (BING CROSBY), an alcoholic doctor. The other is Dallas (ANN-MARGRET), a dance-hall girl who had precipitated a saloon brawl. Also in the coach are Peacock (RED BUTTONS), a liquor salesman, and Gatewood (BOB CUMMINGS), a bank clerk who is running away with funds embezzled from his father-in-law's bank. Completing the roster of passengers are Mrs, Mallory (STEFANIE POWERS) who is about to give birth and a professional gambler named Hatfield (MICHAEL CONNORS) who seems to be strangely solicitous of Mrs. Mallory's welfare. As the stagecoach goes along its way, it is stopped by the Ringo Kid, Curly captures Ringo, and he joins the passengers in the coach. The cavalry troop can no longer stay to protect them and departs on its own business, leaving the stagecoach at the mercy of the Indians. The stagecoach manages to get to the next relay station, where Mrs. Mallory is suddenly stricken with labor pains. The passengers are forced to stay at the primitive station and await the birth of the baby. Dallas who has been acting cynical and bitter about her eviction from Dryfork is pressed into service as a midwife and assistant to Doc Boone, Ringo develops a genuine liking for Dallas and tells her he would take her away from the sordid life she has known. But Ringo has sworn to kill the man who had sent him to jail and he will stop at nothing until he can get to Cheyenne to do so. Dallas tries to convince Ringo to run away with her, but he is adamant, The stagecoach continues on its route after Mrs, Mallory's baby is born, but is haunted by the shadow of an Indian war party. Finally the Indians attack, and the men on the coach defend themselves bravely. Hatfield is mortally wounded, and his dying wish is that Mrs. Mallory tell his family that he died honorably. The others manage to get to Cheyenne, where Curly again places Ringo under arrest. But Ringo gets loose and goes after Luke Plummer (KEENAN WYNN) and his sons who were responsible for his imprisonment. Ringo kills all three Plummers and Curly, realizing his innocence, tells Dallas and Ringo to ride away quickly and start: a new life together. (Running time: 114 minutes)