Stagecoach (Criterion Collection)

John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine. The Duke stars as the Ringo Kid, an escaped outlaw, who heroically helps a group of strangers traveling a dangerous route from Arizona to New Mexico. Directed by John Ford. Includes new digital image transfer, audio commentary by Western authority Jim Kises, silent feature Bucking Broadway by John Ford with new music, extensive 1968 interview with the director, new video appreciation of the film with biographer Peter Bogdanovich, new video interview with the director’s grandson, new video with journalist Buzz Bissinger about trader Harry Goulding’s key role in bringing Monument Valley to Hollywood, new video homage to stuntman Yakima Canutt, video essay about the director’s visual style by writer Tag Gallagher, 1949 radio dramatization of the film with John Wayne, Claire Trevor and John Ford, trailer and booklet with new essay by David Cairns and short story inspired by the film by Ernest Haycox. 1939/b&w/96 min/NR/fullscreen.