John Wayne as the Ringo Kid, Claire Trevor as Dallas both reprising their 1939 film roles. Ward Bond plays the part of Doc Boone. In 1885 the stagecoach was the only means of travel on the American frontier and in those days no name struck more dread into the hearts of travellers than Geronimo leader of the warlike apaches. Stagecoach is the story of a party of people who travelled from Tonto to Lordsburgh by stagecoach. The passengers on the coach include the drunken Doc Boone, good-hearted prostitute Dallas, Lucy Mallory a pregnant woman, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and of course the famous Ringo Kid.