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Stagecoach Travel-Themed Movies & TV
1943 • 1950 • 1980

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Stagecoach Travel-Themed Movies & TV

More movies & television specifically about the Butterfield Overland Stage Lines [1857-69] and Wells Fargo & Co. [est. 1852]
are coded on their respective pages at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Online Western Bookstore.

1943 • 1950 • 1980

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"The Man Trailer" Western movie [1934] /tt0025450/
written & directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Buck Jones

"Stagecoach Days" Western movie [Columbia Pictures June 1938]
Stagecoach Days 1938 Western movie  The owner of a stageline is killed by an outlaw gang; the will leaves the stageline to a cowboy cousin (whereabouts unknown) and an adopted daughter; the gang leader sends for his bother to impersonate the cowboy, but the cowboy shows up and impersonates the impersonator (!) just in time for the race for the stagecoach mail contract . . .
Directed by Joseph Levering; screenplay by Nate Gatzert; starring Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods, Hal Taliaferro, Lafe McKee, Jack Ingram, Slim Whitaker, Ernie Adams, Buzz Barton, Dick Botiller, Bob Burns, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Oscar Gahan, Herman Hack, Bob Kortman, Tom London, Jim Mason, Tex Phelps, George Plues, Hal Price, Jack C. Smith, Blackjack Ward, Tuffy the dog
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Stagecoach" classic Western movie [United Artists Feb 1939]
Stagecoach movie directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne  Passengers on a Southwest stagecoach – the famous Ringo Kid, a drunken doctor, a pregnant woman, a crooked bank manager & others – learn that Geronimo is on the warpath • Co-produced & directed by John Ford; script by Dudley Nichols from the short story by Ernest Haycox; starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt & Tim Holt; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best B&W Cinematography, Best Art Direction, won Best Music, Best Supporting Actor (Mitchell); listed at National Film Registry 1995
Criterion b&w Blu-ray [5/2010] for $28.99
Warner Video b&w DVD [10/97] out of prodn/many used
Warner Video b&w VHS [6/97] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb
John Ford's Stagecoach book edited by Barry Keith Grant  
"John Ford's Stagecoach" [2002] Edited by Barry Keith Grant
Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2002] for $22.99
"Stagecoach" [1992] critical text by Edward Buscombe
British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [9/92] for $10.17

"Texas Stagecoach" Western B-movie [Columbia Pictures May 1940]
Texas Stagecoach 1940 Western movie starring Charles Starrett  The Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors; banker Appleby wants to control the stage lines and convinces the two owners to build a spur line to the new silver strike, loaning them the money; then he has both projects sabotaged, pitting the friends against each other and running them out of money • Directed by Joseph H. Lewis; written by Fred Myton; starring Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Dick Curtis, Kenneth MacDonald, Edward LeSaint, George Becinita, Harry Cording, Fred Burns, George Chesebro, Jack Evans, Richard Fiske, Eddie Laughton, Lillian Lawrence, Merrill McCormick, George Morrell, Carl Stockdale, Francis Walker, Blackie Whiteford, Jack Tornek, and the Sons of The Pioneers band (Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Tim Spencer)
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
watch {fuzzy focus} full movie [11/2013 upload; 55:14] online at YouTube

"Stagecoach War" Western B-movie [Paramount Pictures July 1940]
'Stagecoach War' Western movie starring Hopalong Cassidy  Hopalong Cassidy chases stagecoach bandits who sing as they rob • Produced by Joseph W. Engel & Harry Sherman; directed by Lesley Selander; written by Norman Houston & Harry F. Olmsted, based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford; starring William Boyd {as Hopalong Cassidy}, Russell Hayden {as sidekick Lucky Jenkins}, Julie Carter, Harvey Stephens, Britt Wood, J. Farrell MacDonald, Rad Robinson, Frank Lackteen, Jack Rockwell, Eddie Dean, and The King's Men {as the singing outlaws}
DVD/Blu-ray not available • Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [6/97] for $3.97
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
watch full movie [4/2018 update; 59:33] online at YouTube

"Arizona Bound" Western B-movie [1941] /tt0033351/
starring Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton as The Rough Riders

"Overland Mail" 15-chapter serial [Universal Pictures Sept 1942]
sepia lobby card for 'Overland Mail' 15-chapter Western serial starring Lon Chaney Jr.  
title frame for 'Overland Mail' 15-chapter Western serial starring Lon Chaney Jr.  
Two government agents are sent to investigate the breakdown of the U.S. Mail delivery by the Overland Company; aided by their friend Buckskin Bill Burke, they discover that a local businessman is using white renegades disguised as Indians to disrupt service so that he can take the mail franchise for his own stage line; Chapter Titles: 1: A Race With Disaster, 2: Flaming Havoc, 3: The Menacing Hero, 4: The Bridge of Disaster, 5: Hurling To The Depths, 6: Death At The Stake, 7: The Path of Peril, 8: Imprisoned In Flames, 9: Hidden Danger, 10: Blazing Wagons, 11: The Trail of Terror, 12: In The Claws of The Cougar, 13: The Frenzied Mob, 14. The Toll of Treachery, and 15: The Mail Goes Through • Directed by Ford Beebe & John Rawlins; based on a short story by Johnston McCulley; starring Lon Chaney Jr., Helen Parrish, Noah Beery Jr., Don Terry, Bob Baker {as Bill Cody}, Noah Beery Sr., Tom Chatterton, Charles Stevens, Robert Barron, Harry Cording, Marguerite De La Motte, Ben Taggart, Jack Rockwell, Riley Hill, Carleton Young, Jack Rube Clifford, Chief Many Treaties, Chief Thundercloud, Iron Eyes Cody, J.W. Cody, Frank Ellis, Tom Steele, Ray Teal, Blackjack Ward, Blackie Whiteford, Henry Wills
United Home Video b&w DVD set [7/2006] 2 disks - out of prodn/used
V.C.I. Home Video b&w VHS [11/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia
another case of Amazon's low data integrity: as was common practice, this serial was edited down to feature length for the foreign markets; the cover for this DVD brags 'all 15 chapters' but the Amazon entry shows a 90-minute length: Alpha Video b&w DVD [4/2005] for $5.99 – on top of that, the feature was re-released in 1956 with the title "The Indian Raiders"; IMDb shows proper cast and crew credits (archive footage), but as a 9-minute silent short !

"Arizona Stage Coach" Western B-movie [Monogram Pictures Sept 1942]
'Arizona Stage Coach' Western B-movie starring The Range Busters  The Range Busters help a young man framed as the leader of an outlaw gang that has been holding up stage coaches
Produced by George W. Weeks & Anna Bell Weeks; directed by S. Roy Luby; story by Oliver Drake adapted by Arthur Hoerl; starring The Range Busters (Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max 'Alibi' Terhune), Elmer Sneezeweed (Alibi's dummy), Nell O'Day, Charles 'Blackie' King, Riley Hill, Kermit Maynard, Carl Mathews, Slim Whitaker, Slim Harkey, Steve Clark, Frank Ellis, Jack Ingram, Stanley Price, Forrest Taylor, Victor Adamson, Jimmy Aubrey, Hank Bell, Richard Cramer, Eddie Dean, Herman Hack, Milburn Morante; filmed in California at Corriganville in Simi Valley and at Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth
Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2005] for $5.99
Starry Night Video b&w DVD [1/2016] for $10.00
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
watch full b&w movie [7/2015 upload; 52:11] online at YouTube

"Overland Stagecoach" Western B-movie [Producers Releasing Corp. Oct 1942]
'Overland Stagecoach' Western B-movie starring Bob Livingston  When the owner of the Pioneer Stagecoach Company is killed in a suspicious gunfight, driver Fuzzy Jones sends for help from The Lone Rider, Tom Cameron; many scenes of railroad construction • Produced by Sigmund Neufeld; directed by Sam Newfield; written by Fred Myton; starring Robert Livingston, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Dennis Moore, Julie Duncan, Glenn Strange, Ted Adams, Julian Rivero, Budd Buster, Art Mix, John Elliott, Charles King, Jimmy Aubrey, Roy Brent, Jack Casey, Tex Cooper, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Curley Dresden, Kenne Duncan, Jack Evans, Augie Gomez, Herman Hack, Chick Hannan, Frank McCarroll, Milburn Morante, Lew Morphy, George Morrell, Tex Palmer, Benny Petti, Rose Plumer, Jack Tornek, Dan White • full credits at IMDb
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [12/2009] for $5.98

"Stagecoach Express" [March 1942] /tt0035377/

"Overland To Deadwood" Western movie [Columbia Pictures Sept 1942]
color lobby card for 'Overland To Deadwood' 1942 Western movie  "Fists flying! Bullets blazing! Cowboys singing!" • Filmed at Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth, California; a freight hauler is the leader behind a band of raiders who have been robbing the stagecoaches of his competitors to drive them out of business so that he will be able to get the railroad mail franchise for himself • Directed by William Berke; screenplay by Paul Franklin; starring Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards, Leslie Brooks, Norman Willis, Matt Willis, Francis Walker, Lynton Brent, June Pickerell, Gordon De Main, Bud Geary, Herman Hack, Art Mix, Bud Osborne, Max Wagner
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Overland Mail Robbery" Western movie [Republic Pictures Nov 1943]
Overland Mail Robbery 1943 Western movie  Filmed at Corriganville Ranch in Simi Valley, California; the Pattersons want the other half of the stageline, so they kill one Hartley brother and try to ambush the other, but 'Wild Bill' foils the attempt; when 'Wild Bill' shows up as the second brother, the Pattersons have him arrested for murder . . . • Directed by John English; written by Robert Yost & Robert Creighton Williams; starring 'Wild Bill' Elliott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Alice Fleming, Weldon Heyburn, Kirk Alyn, Roy Barcroft, Nancy Gay, Peter Michael, Bud Geary, Tom London, Hank Bell, Maxine Doyle, Kenne Duncan, Frank Ellis, Chick Hannan, Ray Jones, Eddie Juaregui, Jack Kirk, Cactus Mack, LeRoy Mason, Frank McCarroll, Kansas Moehring, Jack O'Shea, Jack Rockwell, Tom Steele, Al Taylor, Robert J. Wilke
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Sonora Stagecoach" Western B-movie [Monogram Pictures June 1944]
Sonora Stagecoach 1944 B-Western movie  The three Trail Blazers are assigned to take an accused murderer to Sonora for trial; he maintains his innocence, and after several attempts to kill their prisoner, the marshals start believing him and set a trap for the men who framed him • Produced, co-written & directed by Robert Emmett Tansey; screenplay by Frances Kavanaugh; starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Gene Alsace, Betty Miles, Glenn Strange, George Eldredge, Karl Hackett, Henry Hall, Charles King, Bud Osborne, Charles Murray Jr., John Bridges, Forrest Taylor, Al Ferguson, Horace B. Carpenter, John Cason, Frank Ellis, Augie Gomez, Fred Hoose, Hal Price, Rodd Redwing
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Great Stagecoach Robbery" Western movie [Republic Pictures Feb 1945]
lobby card for re-release of 'Great Stagecoach Robbery' Western movie starring Wild Bill Elliott as Red Ryder  Great Stagecoach Robbery Western movie starring Wild Bill Elliott as Red Ryder  Red Ryder and his aunt are running the stage line in Blue Springs; Hollister, a stage robber just released from prison has decided to return the money from the robbery five years prior; an outlaw leader persuades Hollister's son to join the gang and then murders the boy's sister in cold blood, laying the blame on Red Ryder . . . • Directed by Lesley Selander; screenplay by Randall Faye, based on the comic strip by Fred Harman; starring Wild Bill Elliott {as Red Ryder}, Robert Blake {as Little Beaver}, Alice Fleming, Don Costello, Francis McDonald, John James, Sylvia Arslan, Bud Geary, Leon Tyler, Freddie Chapman, Hank Bell, Lucille Byron, Horace B. Carpenter, Grace Cunard, Bobby Dillon, Dickie Dillon, Fred Graham, Fred Howard, Tom London, Patsy May, Dorothy Stevens, Robert J. Wilke, Henry Wills, Chris Wren, Raymond ZeBrack • full credits at IMDb
DVD/Blu-ray not available • V.C.I./F.F.I. b&w VHS [6/2002] out of prodn/used

"Stagecoach Outlaws" Western B-movie [Producers Releasing Corp. Aug 1945]
'Stagecoach Outlaws' 1945 Western B-movie starring Buster Crabbe  Outlaw leader Kirby sends his henchmen to break killer Matt Brawley out of jail; but Brawley has already broken out and they return with Fuzzy instead; realizing they think he's Brawley, Fuzzy plays the part; Fuzzy and Bill plan to round up the gang but Fuzzy is in trouble when the real Brawley shows up; filmed at Corriganville in Simi Valley, California
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld; directed by Sam Newfield; written by Fred Myton; starring Buster Crabbe {as Billy Carson}, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Buster's horse Falcon, Frances Gladwin, Ed Cassidy, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard, John Cason, Bob Kortman, Steve Clark, Jimmy Aubrey, Hank Bell, Roy Bucko, Tex Cooper, Victor Cox, Rube Dalroy, Jack Evans, Herman Hack, Frank McCarroll, George Morrell, Rose Plumer, Jack Tornek, Wally West
Mr. Fat-W Video b&w DVD-R [9/2012] for $14.99
Mr. Fat-W Video b&w DVD-R [9/2012] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb

"The Lost Trail" Western movie [1945] /tt0037883/
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Riley Hill

"Red River Renegades" Western movie [1946] /tt0038874/
Postal inspectors and Pinkerton agents investigate recent stagecoach robberies

"Overland Riders" Western B-movie [Producers Releasing Corp. Aug 1946]
'Overland Riders' 1946 Western B-movie starring Buster Crabbe  "Buster helps the Overland Stage get through . . . and Fuzzy's in trouble again" • Produced by Sigmund Neufeld; directed by Sam Newfield; written by Ellen Coyle; starring Buster Crabbe {as Billy Carson}, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Buster's horse Falcon, Patti McCarty, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Jack O'Shea, Frank Ellis, Al Ferguson, John Cason, George Chesebro, Lane Bradford, Jimmy Aubrey, Dee Cooper, Jack Evans, Art Fowler, Herman Hack, Ray Jones, Lew Morphy, Joe Phillips, Wally West
Mr. Fat-W Video b&w DVD-R [12/2014] for $14.99
full credits at IMDb

"Stagecoach To Denver" Western B-movie [Republic Pictures Dec 1946]
'Stagecoach to Denver' Western movie starring Allan Lane as Red Ryder  Gang leader Lambert has the stagecoach wrecked, killing the Land Commissioner so that a phony replacement can alter Coon-skin's land survey; when Red Ryder exposes the survey hoax, Lambert has his stooge Sheriff put Red in jail • Produced by Sidney Picker; directed by R.G. Springsteen; original screenplay by Earle Snell, based on comic strip characters of Fred Harman; starring Allan Lane {as Red Ryder}, Robert Blake {as Little Beaver}, Martha Wentworth, Roy Barcroft, Peggy Stewart, Marin Sais, Emmett Lynn, Ted Adams, Edmund Cobb, Tom Chatterton, Robert Hyatt, George Chesebro, Ed Cassidy, Wheaton Chambers, Forrest Taylor, Chuck Baldra, Budd Buster, Herman Hack, Chick Hannan, Cactus Mack, Lew Morphy, Frank O'Connor, Stanley Price
Reel Enterprises b&w DVD [2/2008] for $6.95
56-minute The Film Detective digitally-restored b&w DVD [7/2014] for $9.99
53-minute FilmRise digitally-remastered b&w DVD [12/2015] for $9.99
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch full b&w movie [6/2013 upload; 53:29] online at YouTube

"Stagecoach Kid" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures June 1949]
Stagecoach Kid 1949 Western movie starring Tim Holt  Filmed at Lone Pine and San Fernando Valley, California; a wealthy San Francisco ranch owner decides to retire to his ranch with his tomboy daughter; the crooked ranch foreman sends henchmen to kill the arriving owners, but the boss of the local stagecoach line intervenes; then the crooked foreman robs the stagecoach of a gold shipment . . .
Directed by Lew Landers; screenplay by Norman Houston; starring Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jeff Donnell, Joe Sawyer, Thurston Hall, Carol Hughes, Robert Bray, Robert B. Williams, Kenneth MacDonald, Harry Harvey, Chuck Baldra, Ben Corbett, Slim Gaut, Herman Nowlin, Jack Tornek, Chalky Williams
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
36"x24" art print from Amazon for $54.99

"Stage To Tucson" Western movie [Columbia Pictures Dec 1950]
Stage To Tucson 1950 Western movie starring Rod Cameron  A group of outlaws posing as Southern sympathizers and led secretly by freightline owner Jim Maroon are raiding stagecoaches, and this is a threat to Union communications. Grif Holbrook, a trouble-shooter for the Butterfield Stage Line, and Union agent Barney Broderick team up to try and put a stop to the activity, when they aren't fighting over the charms of Kate Crocker • Produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Ralph Murphy; written by Robert Creighton Williams, Frank Burt & Robert Libott, based on Western stories by Frank Bonham; starring Rod Cameron, Wayne Morris, Kay Buckley, Sally Eilers, Carl Benton Reid, Roy Roberts, Charles Evans {as John Butterfield}, Douglas Fowley, Harry Bellaver, James Griffith {voice of Abraham Lincoln}, Stanley Andrews, Beulah Archuletta, Roy Bucko, Paul E. Burns, Fred Carson, John Cason, Edward Clark, Joe Dominguez, Fred Essler, Augie Gomez, Frank Hagney, Reed Howes, Olin Howland, James Kirkwood, Cactus Mack, George Magrill, Hank Mann, Francis McDonald, Frank Moran, Frank O'Connor, John Pickard, John Sheehan, Boyd Stockman, Rusty Wescoatt, Guy Wilkerson, Bob Woodward
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available in English • full credits at IMDb
released in Spain as "Diligencia a Tucson": Spanish-language Region 2 DVD [5/2017] import/new-used

"Stagecoach Driver" [July 1951] /tt0163279/
starring Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Jim Bannon

"Stagecoach Robbery" [aired oct 1952] /tt1309067/ episode of "The Red Skelton Hour" TV series

"Riding Shotgun" Western movie [Warner Bros. April 1954]
Riding Shotgun 1954 Western movie starring Randolph Scott  A stagecoach is ambushed by a gang of bandits, the driver is killed, and folks in the town of Deep Water believe that the stage guard was in on the robbery; while the townspeople form a lynch mob and demand the hanging of the stage guard, the outlaws rob the bank . . . • Directed by Andrι De Toth; screenplay Thomas W. Blackburn, based on the 1942 short story 'Riding Solo' by Kenneth Taylor Perkins; starring Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Joan Weldon, Joe Sawyer, James Millican, Charles Bronson, James Bell, Fritz Feld, Vic Perrin, John Baer, Richard Garrick, William Johnstone, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Dub Taylor, Allegra Varron, Jack Woody
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
watch opening sequence [8/2013 upload; 2:53] online at YouTube
movie available on the "Randolph Scott Triple Feature" DVD [2006]
Warner Home Video color DVD set [11/2006] 2 disks for $10.79

"Stagecoach To Fury" Western movie [Regal Films/Fox Dec 1956]
Stagecoach To Fury 1956 Western movie  A military officer organizes fellow stagecoach passengers against Mexican bandits attacking a stage station; each person's story is shown in flashback; shot in b&w CinemaScope; location filming in Montana • Exec produced by Robert L. Lippert; directed by William F. Claxton; written by Earle Lyon & Eric Norden; starring Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Paul Fix, Rico Alaniz, Wright King, Margia Dean, Ian MacDonald, William 'Bill' Phillips, Ellen Corby, Alex Montoya, Rayford Barnes, Norman Leavitt, Steven Geray, Leslie Banning, Paul Fierro, Robert Karnes, Paul Bryar
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Last Stagecoach West" Western B-movie [Ventura/Republic Pictures July 1957]
'Last Stagecoach West' 1957 Western B-movie  McCord loses his stagecoach line with the coming of the railroad to Cedar City; he buys a ranch and some cattle and to make more money, he starts a gang to rob the railroad's express offices and to steal cattle; the railroads send out special agent Cameron to end McCord's reign of violence • Directed by Joseph Kane; written by Barry Shipman; starring Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Victor Jory, Lee Van Cleef, Grant Withers, Roy Barcroft, John Alderson, Glenn Strange, Francis McDonald, Willis Bouchey, Lewis Martin, Tristram Coffin, George Bell, Forest Burns, Herman Hack, Signe Hack, Chick Hannan, Percy Helton, Joe Phillips, Rocky Shahan, George Sowards, Jack Tornek, Mary Treen, Henry Wills
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Overland Mail" TV series [NBC-TV Oct 1958]
Season 2, Episode 6 of "The Californians" TV series [1957-59]
'Overland Mail' episode of 'The Californians' TV series  After a series of stage holdups, series star Sheriff Matt Wayne is sworn in as a U.S. marshal • Directed by Paul Henreid; written by Michael Fessier; starring Richard Coogan, Art Fleming, Carole Mathews, Russell Johnson, Grace Raynor, Molly Glessing, Robert Carson, Allyn Joslyn, Jon Lormer, Harry Mayo, Cosmo Sardo, Alex Sharp
C.B.S. Home Ent. b&w Blu-ray-R [3/2018] 4 disks for $42.99
C.B.S. Home Ent. b&w DVD-R set [3/2018] 4 disks for $34.99
episode credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia

"Overland Trail" Western TV series [Revue Studios/NBC-TV Feb-June 1960]
Overland Trail 1960 Western TV series  17 hour-long b&w episodes; a crusty Overland Stage superintendent (William Bendix) and his reckless young raised-by-Indians sidekick (Doug McClure) struggle to keep the stagecoach line safe from thieves, vigilantes, Native American hostiles, and general mayhem as they build the stageline West from Missouri, across the Rockies, and on to California • guest actors included Harry Guardino, Denver Pyle, Claude Akins, Whitney Blake, Robert Loggia, Barton MacLane, Mercedes McCambridge, John McIntire, Gerald Mohr, David Wayne, Lynn Bari, James Best, Werner Klemperer, Barbara Luna, Harold J. Stone, Sue George {as Calamity Jane}, Mario Alcalde, John Carradine, Miriam Colon, Jeff Donnell, Arthur Hunnicutt, Rusty Lane, Slim Pickens, Robert J. Wilke {as Cole Younger}, Tony Young, Barbara Lord, Ken Lynch, Mary Tyler Moore, Sherwood Price, Roy Barcroft, Frank DeKova, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Andrew Prine, Heather Ames, Lane Chandler, Maurice Jara, Linda Lawson, Onslow Stevens {as President Grant}, Milton Frome, Nacho Galindo, Read Morgan, Burt Mustin, Adam West {as 'Wild Bill' Hickok}, Lalo Rios, Tom Steele, Adrienne Marden, Mike Mazurki, Edward G. Robinson Jr., Olan Soule, Joe Flynn, Jonathan Haze, Ray Kellogg, John Marley, Ruben Moreno, Quentin Sondergaard, Bob Steele, Leonard P. Geer, Kermit Maynard, Boyd Stockman, Gordon Armitage, Cactus Mack, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Jack Perrin, Buddy Roosevelt, Chalky Williams
Complete Series: Shout! Factory/Timeless Media b&w DVD set [2/2012] 4 disks for $19.99
Complete Series: Shout! Factory/Timeless Media b&w DVD set [2/2012] 4 disks - out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia

Overland Trail 1960 TV show tie-in board game  "Hold-Up On The Overland Trail" board game [1960]
from Transogram

"Join Mr. Kelly and Flip as they track the stagecoach bandits to their
hideout" • for 2–6 players, age 7 & up; not found on Amazon (2018)

"Stagecoach West" Western TV series [Four Star/ABC-TV 1960-61]
Stagecoach West TV series  38-episode 1-hour b&w adventures on the Timberland Stage Line from fictitious Outpost, Missouri to San Francisco, California • Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly; directed by Don McDougall & Thomas Carr; starring Wayne Rogers, Richard Eyer, Robert Bray, James Burke, John Litel, Olan Soule, Robert Stevenson, Richard Devon, Harry Lauter, John Damler, James Best, Mort Mills, Warren Oates, Than Wyenn, Bing Russell, Alan Wells, John Dehner, Lester Dorr, Charles Horvath, Hal Baylor, Cesar Romero, Jack Lord, Steve Brodie, John Kellogg, Ruta Lee, Dennis Patrick, DeForest Kelley, John Milford, John Sutton, James Beck, Whit Bissell, Stafford Repp, Dabbs Greer, Joseph V. Perry, Guy Wilkerson, Norman Leavitt, Chris Alcaide, J. Edward McKinley, Lane Bradford, Paul Carr, Dave Willock, Wally Brown, Thomas Browne Henry, Dick Rich; other guest actors included: Beverly Garland, Billy Gray, Jane Greer, Dean Jones, Gigi Perreau, Jack Warden, Dick York, Lawrence Dobkin, James Drury, Jay C. Flippen, Jean Hagen, Darren McGavin, Thomas Mitchell, Arthur O'Connell, Henry Silva, Robert Vaughn, Tom Drake, Jack Elam, Virginia Grey, Gerald Mohr, Malcolm Atterbury, Joanna Barnes, Lon Chaney Jr., James Coburn, Hazel Court, Madlyn Rhue, Pippa Scott, Edgar Buchanan, Ellen Clark, J. Pat O'Malley, Joyce Jameson, Linda Lawson, Barbara Luna, Adele Mara, Alvy Moore, Marion Ross, Max Showalter, Lee Van Cleef, Denver Pyle, Guy Stockwell, Frank Ferguson, Jimmy Lydon, Frank Wilcox, Tristram Coffin, Gale Garnett, Don Haggerty, Jean Howell, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Mary Tyler Moore, Lyle Talbot, Regis Toomey, William Schallert, Tyler McVey, Reba Waters, Harold J. Stone, Lane Chandler, Hampton Fancher, Michael Fox, Bethel Leslie, Grandon Rhodes, Barbara Nichols, Skip Ward, Cactus Mack, Wilbur Mack, Jack Tornek, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Rudy Doucette, Earl Spainard
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"The Last Stagecoach Robbery" [aired 17 March 1964]
Season 12, Episode 20 of the "Death Valley Days" TV series [1952-70]
The Last Stagecoach Robbery 1964 episode of 'Death Valley Days  Shady Western entrepreneur Pearl Hart became destitute when the mines in Mammoth, Arizona Territory started closing; she talked her boyfriend into helping to rob the Globe-to-Florence stagecoach at Cane Springs Canyon in May 1899; they were captured and convicted and both served time in prison • Co-produced by Robert Stabler; directed by Harmon Jones; written & co-produced by Stephen Lord; hosted by 'The Old Ranger' Stanley Andrews; starring Anne Francis, Jesse Pearson, Bill Zuckert, Perry Cook, Woody Chambliss
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
watch full episode in color [2/2017 upload; 25:28] online at YouTube

"Convict Stage" Western movie [Fox June 1965]
'Convict Stage' 1965 Western movie starring Don 'Red' Barry  "Between Hell and Boot Hill . . . you took your chances on the Convict Stage . . . and hoped you'd live to tell it!" • Location filming in Kanab, Utah; when two inept bandits kill his sister during a stagecoach robbery, gunfighter Ben Lattimore vows vengeance; when he learns that an old lawman has captured them, he considers shooting them but then decides to ride along to prevent rescue by their fellow gang members, who are still on the loose . . . • Directed by Lesley Selander; co-written by & starring Don 'Red' Barry; screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring; also starring Harry Lauter, Jodi Mitchell, Joe Patridge, Hanna Hertelendy/Landy, Eric Matthews, Walter Reed, Michael Carr, Fred Krone, George Sawaya, Karl MacDonald, Fred Beir
Fox b&w DVD [5/2007] for $6.99
double-sided 2007 Fox DVD includes fullscreen & widescreen options, English-language and Spanish-language ('La Diligencia de Los Presos') options; extras include trailers & photo galleries
Fox b&w DVD-R [4/2017] for $19.98
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Apache Uprising" [1965] /tt0060117/

"Stagecoach" remake [June 1966] /tt0061024/
On the stagecoach to Cheyenne, a mixed group of passengers must work together to survive the arduous journey and attacks by Indians.

"Lucky Luke: The Stagecoach" [aired Dec 1984]
Season 1, Episode 12 of the animated Hanna-Barbera Prodns/France 3 TV series [France 1984-85]
Lucky Luke episode The Stagecoach  Lucky Luke prevents the robbery of a stagecoach, so the stagecoach company hires him to guard a gold shipment to San Francisco; original French title 'La Diligence' • half-hour color animated TV episode; French voice actors include Jacques Thιbault {as Lucky Luke}, Robert Ridgely, Jacques Balutin, Gιrard Hernandez, Roger Carel, Micheline Dax, Marion Game, Bernard Haller, Francis Lax, Perrette Pradier, Pierre Tornade, Pierre Trabaud; English voice actors include William Callaway {as Lucky Luke}, Bob Holt, Robert Ridgely, Fred Travalena, Frank Welker
DVD/Blu-ray not available • Woodhaven Ent. color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used
episode credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia
"Lucky Luke, Volume 25: The Stagecoach" comic book [2011] by Morris & Goscinny
Kindle Edition from Cinebook [3/2013] for $5.99
Cinebook 11½x8¾ pb [2/2011] for $11.95



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still from 'Stagecoach' [1939] - all members of the cast         filming John Wayne for 'Stagecoach' [1939]         camera mounted atop stagecoach for 'Stagecoach' [1939]



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