Stagecoach (1986 film)

Stagecoach is a 1986 American made-for-television Western action drama film and remake of the classic 1939 film Stagecoach, directed by Ted Post and starring Kris Kristofferson as the Ringo Kid, the role originally played by John Wayne. Willie Nelson portrays famous gunslinger and dentist Doc Holliday, Johnny Cash portrays Marshal Curly Wilcox and Waylon Jennings plays the gambler Hatfield. The four main stars of the film (Nelson, Kristofferson, Cash and Jennings) were associated as members of the country music supergroup The Highwaymen. The supporting cast features Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Newley, Tony Franciosa, Mary Crosby, June Carter Cash and Jessi Colter.

Plot

In 1880, a group of strangers boards the east-bound

U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant Blanchard announces that Geronimo and his Apaches

The plot is roughly based on that of the original film, but some character changes were made:

The "Doc" character is Doc Boone, M.D., in the original, but is Doc Holliday - a dentist - in the remake.
In the original, Peacock, the whiskey salesman, travels all the way to Lordsburg, but leaves the coach at the first stop in the remake.
Hatfield, the gambler, is killed in the original, but in the remake, he survives.
Gatewood, the banker, survives in the original, but is killed in the remake.
Ringo deals with Luke Plummer alone in the original; in the remake, he is assisted by the marshal, Hatfield, and Doc.
Ringo is still technically a jail-breaking criminal when the marshal allows him to escape in the original, but his innocence has been proven when Luke Plummer asks the marshal, "How'd they find out he didn't do it?" in the remake.

American Cinema Editors, USA 1987 for Best Edited Television Special
- Geoffrey Rowland