Stagecoach

Stagecoach (1986)

Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Marshal taking in his prisoner Johnny Ringo, a crooked gambler, and the infamous Doc Holliday

Data di uscita
1986-05-18
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (27)
Durata
1 h 40 min
Generi
televisione film, Western
Regista
Ted Post

Cast

Curiosità

Stagecoach is a 1986 American Western television film directed by Ted Post and written by James Lee Barrett. It is a remake of the 1939 film of the same name, itself based on a short story by Ernest Haycox. It is the second remake of the film, after the 1966 feature film. Kris Kristofferson stars as the Ringo Kid. Willie Nelson portrays famous gunslinger and dentist Doc Holliday, Johnny Cash portrays Marshal Curly Wilcox and Waylon Jennings plays the gambler Hatfield. All four stars were associated as members of the country music supergroup The Highwaymen.

Production

The plot is roughly based on that of the original film, but some character changes were made:

The "Doc" character is Doc Boone, M.D., in the original, but is Doc Holliday - a dentist - in the remake.

In the original, Peacock, the whiskey salesman, travels all the way to Lordsburg, but leaves the coach at the first stop in the remake.

Hatfield, the gambler, is killed in the original, but in the remake, he survives.

Gatewood, the banker, survives in the original, but is killed in the remake.

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