MovieChat Forums > Stagecoach (1939) Discussion > Best Stunt of all Time?

Best Stunt of all Time?

posted 12 years ago by donovanarchmontierth
6 replies | jump to latest

Yakima Canutt, Stagecoach: Yakima Canutt doubles John Wayne and performed the stunt where John Wayne’s character jumps from the stagecoach onto the runaway team. He escapes his shooting enemies by dropping between the first set of multiple pairs of horses of a moving stagecoach, moves backwards underneath all the horses until, unbeknownst to the drivers, he climbs on back to attack them.

http://www.beststuntaward.com/2013/02/1939-best-stunt-award.html

Donovan Montierth
Brothers' Ink Productions

[–] Wuchakk 12 years ago

That was a great stunt!

[–] wnwndnc 12 years ago

Great trivia, thank you! Great movie too of course, dvr'd it the other day when TCM aired it and just watched it again.

Also, thanks for the awesome link - I love reading background information on these great classic movie but often have a hard time finding it.

Do you know of other websites with detailed trivia?

[–] buddyboy28 11 years ago

Great stunt.They paid homage to it in Maverick (1994) with someone doubling for Mel Gibson.

- - -
Fill your hand you son of a bitch!

[–] 11 years ago

[deleted]

[–] lmh-10 11 years ago

I liked the shout out to Yakima Canutt in the name of the Hispanic stagecoach station owner's wife (She a little bit savage): Yakima.

[–] Rupert__Pupkin 10 years ago

That WAS a great stunt, but it doesn't come close to the stunt that happened a few minutes earlier when the Indian falls off the horse, gets trampled, and then goes under the stage coach. How did that guy not die? Actually, he probably did.