La Chevauchée fantastique
Réalisé par John FordLa diligence est le lieu de rencontre de neuf personnes qui font route, en Arizona, sur une piste menacée par les Indiens de Geronimo. Dallas, une prostituée, est chassée de la ville, tout comme Josiah Boone, un vieux médecin alcoolique. Mrs Mallory, enceinte, va rejoindre son mari, un officier, tandis que Hatfield, un joueur, décide de l'accompagner par galanterie. Gatewood, le banquier, s'enfuit avec l'or déposé chez lui. Mr Peacok, qui place du whisky dans les saloons, regagne sa famille à Kansas City. Curly Wilcox, le shérif, accompagne le conducteur Buck, sur cette route dangereuse. À la sortie de la ville, ils prennent un autre passager, Ringo Kid, qui souhaite exécuter les trois frères Plummer, assassins de son père et de son frère. Toutes ces personnes font le difficile apprentissage de la cohabitation dans un espace clos. Le voyage se poursuit dans une atmosphère de plus en plus tendue.
La Chevauchée fantastique Notations et commentaires
- Herin Espinosa7 janvier 2025Awesome foundational Western that has easily stood the test of time. So much of the camerawork here is damn impressive - there are some fantastic angles captures here that really helped ramp up tension, or give the amazing chase scene a real sense of speed. That's not even mentioning John Wayne's all-timer entrance here. The gun spin and deep zoom-in felt like they were introducing who everyone was waiting for (which may be the case in hindsight, but it becomes much more impressive realizing this was one of John Wayne's first major roles). Every actor here did a stellar job in their roles - the characters each feel unique and refreshingly human. Everyone has their moment to shine, and skeletons in their closet. It's surprising how much each person here feels fleshed out when there are so many characters and such a short run time. The plot is simple, but it works and helps to bring to focus onto just the characters, and I think it's all the better for it. It helped make sure that everything gets wrapped up nice and tidy by the end. There isn't even much action, but when it finally does come around it's explosive and sucks you right in. I can hardly believe this film is nearly 90 years old at this point. I adore Westerns but haven't focused on watching them in so long. Stagecoach helped remind me why that passion exists, they're just so cool!
- alexnoaholdmate22 décembre 2025I have personally never understood why John Ford is so often dismissed by our great film critic fraternity as a creator of "cliché" Westerns. If so many of his films truly have become "cliché", it's because other film directors - with the exception of the Italians - spent forty years trying to emulate his works. An artist who is the first to create something is a genius, not a purveyor of clichés. The clichés come later. Stagecoach is a tight film with a tight plot, tight acting, a tight script, a tight unity of place (more or less), professional camerawork and cinematography - the loooooong shot that transforms into a closeup of John Wayne the first time we are introduced to him is a work of the highest artistic merit - and the film can rank with any Western made before or since. There's a reason things become classics; there's a reason they become cliché; Stagecoach is, for Westerns, one of those reasons.
- farmere329 octobre 2025GREAT MOVIE
- mickerdoo12 septembre 2025Has a good variety of coach riders. And some surprises along the way. Felt a little long.
- Mister Arn14 mai 2025A western road trip with drama that's driven by looming violence. I liked how Ford paired the characters into cliques for small conflicts and then shifted them. The first of several John Wayne/John Ford films that helped create the "Cowboy Code." That code affected an entire generation of American males.
- Tyler S19 avril 2025👍👍 8/10
- willyboy684 août 2025The movie that made John Wayne a star!
La Chevauchée fantastique Trivia
La Chevauchée fantastique was released on 2 mars 1939.
La Chevauchée fantastique was directed by John Ford.
La Chevauchée fantastique has a runtime of 1h 35min.
La Chevauchée fantastique was produced by John Ford.
La diligence est le lieu de rencontre de neuf personnes qui font route, en Arizona, sur une piste menacée par les Indiens de Geronimo. Dallas, une prostituée, est chassée de la ville, tout comme Josiah Boone, un vieux médecin alcoolique. Mrs Mallory, enceinte, va rejoindre son mari, un officier, tandis que Hatfield, un joueur, décide de l'accompagner par galanterie. Gatewood, le banquier, s'enfuit avec l'or déposé chez lui. Mr Peacok, qui place du whisky dans les saloons, regagne sa famille à Kansas City. Curly Wilcox, le shérif, accompagne le conducteur Buck, sur cette route dangereuse. À la sortie de la ville, ils prennent un autre passager, Ringo Kid, qui souhaite exécuter les trois frères Plummer, assassins de son père et de son frère. Toutes ces personnes font le difficile apprentissage de la cohabitation dans un espace clos. Le voyage se poursuit dans une atmosphère de plus en plus tendue.
The key characters in La Chevauchée fantastique are Dallas (Claire Trevor), The Ringo Kid (John Wayne), Marshal Curly Wilcox (George Bancroft).
La Chevauchée fantastique is rated TP.
La Chevauchée fantastique is an Adventure, Western, Drame film.
La Chevauchée fantastique has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.
La Chevauchée fantastique had a budget of 531 k $US.
La Chevauchée fantastique has made 1,1 M $US at the box office.