Dudley Nichols' first screenplay Men Without Women (1930) was written for John Ford, with whom he would collaborate on fourteen more motion pictures.

The trails that the stagecoach follows through Monument Valley are the actual passageways used by stagecoaches during the 19th century expansion across the Western frontier.

Yakima Canutt, the stuntman who performed the famous stunt sequences in Stagecoach, utters the first words in the film, as the scout warning the cavalry about Geronimo.

1939 was an outstanding year for character actor Thomas Mitchell, who plays Doc Boone in Stagecoach. He also co-starred in Gone With the Wind, Only Angels Have Wings, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, all of which were Academy Award contenders.

Ironically, none of John Ford's four Oscar nominations for Best Director were earned for Westerns.

John Ford's brother Francis appears as Billy Pickett, Doc Boone's old friend and drinking buddy.

After a test screening, John Ford eliminated a needless musical sequence of the stagecoach occupants singing "Ten Thousand Cattle Gone Astray."

Claire Trevor considered John Ford among the three greatest directors she ever worked with, including William Wyler and John Huston.

Writer Maurice Zolotow asked John Wayne what had set him apart from other cowboy heroes like Bob Steele, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, or Roy Rogers. Wayne considered the question, and simply said, "John Ford."

Famous Quotes from STAGECOACH

Henry, the Ringo Kid (John Wayne): "There are some things a man just can't walk away from. "

Dallas (Claire Trevor): "Well, you gotta live no matter what happens."

Chris (Chris-Pin Martin): "I can find another wife easy, but not a horse like that. "

Ringo Kid: "Well, I guess you can't break out of prison and into society in the same week." Compiled by Scott McGee & Jeff Stafford