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This track features a Jan 9, 1949 rebroadcast of the radio adaptation of the 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his first hit movie. Generally the film follows a group of 9 strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory. The film was based on a short story written in 1937 by Ernest Haycox. In 1995 the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress. John Wayne reprises his role of the "Ringo Kid" and co-stars with Claire Trevor also reprising her role as Dallas Ward Bond (of TV's "Wagon Train") co-stars in this radio adaptation but he was not in the film. This radio adaptation 10 yrs after the film was released was popular with listening audiences. By 1949 John Wayne had become a very big movie star. The director of this radio program was John Ford, who also directed the film.\nThis track will live in the "Westerns" Playlist on this Soundcloud.com Podcast site. By the way there was a remake of "Stagecoach" in 1966 with Alex Cord playing the Ringo Kid and Ann-Margaret, Dallas.\nThere was also a 1986 remake... for television...starring Kris Kristofferson as the Ringo Kid and Elizabeth Ashley as Dallas... Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, June Carter Cash, Waylon Jennings... basically the country music supergroup "The Highwayman" made up the cast.