I feel pretty confident in saying that Stagecoach is the most influential western ever made. Though the genre existed before Stagecoach it would never be the same afterward. I might even argue that it's the greatest movie ever made, in any genre. It's influence on film-making is pervasive, with everyone from Orson Welles to Steven Spielberg citing it as an inspiration.
Tomorrow will look at another western from 1939, one that, at the time, had an even bigger impact...
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