Stagecoach

“There's the opening shot of Johnny Ringo where you push in on John Wayne and he's out of focus and out of focus, and then you get into his close-up and he's just BING—in sharpness. I nearly fell off my seat the first time I saw it. It's like, that's brilliant.”

Bill Pope

Cinematographer

“I recommend it to you—it's the Star Wars of its day.”

Phil Rosenthal

Writer, Producer

“John Wayne in Stagecoach—they push in on him in his first shot and everybody went, 'Wow, who's that guy?' It's one of those rare moments where you can pinpoint a movie star being born.”

Actor, Director