Stagecoach
Turkish title: Cehennem Dönüşü
“A powerful story of nine strange people.”
1939 · 1 h 36 min
Directed by 
John Ford
John FordCast
John Wayne 
Claire Trevor 
Thomas Mitchell
Credits
Written by: Ernest Haycox
Plot
A group of passengers on a stagecoach cross Apache territory in Arizona.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Ford's western throws strangers on a coach through Apache territory. The film made John Wayne a star and made Monument Valley a western icon, in a tight, character-based adventure.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (59,852 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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