Stagecoach (1966)

Based on the 1937 short story "The Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox, and the 1939 screenplay by Dudley Nichols based on it.

An assorted group of people travel by stagecoach through Sioux-infested territory. They are: a dance-hall girl who was expelled from town; an alcoholic doctor, also expelled from town; a liquor salesman; a card player; a bank employee who stole money from the bank; the wife of a cavalry officer; the town marshal; a fugitive from prison who was captured along the way and who wants to get revenge from the person who falsely accused him.

Passable remake, with an agreeable color cinematography, a competent cast, and well-filmed action sequences. Some aspects of the screenplay are perhaps questionable. For example, I did not find it very plausible that the dance-hall girl would get expelled just by being the cause of a fight between crazed soldiers; also implausible is the expulsion of the drunken doctor; neither of them seem to be a menace to society, and the man who ordered the expulsions is not clearly characterized as a villainous tyrant. But of course I never lived in the old West, and would not know for sure how things worked then and there. Also of note is the astounding degree of marksmanship of the passengers of the stagecoach. An IMDB commenter has pointed this, along with other fictional licenses, out:

Not Bad, but with typical western movie mistakes

Rating: 51