<P> Stagecoach was the first of many Westerns that Ford shot using Monument Valley , in the American Southwest on the Arizona -- Utah border , as a location , many of which also starred John Wayne . Scenes from Stagecoach , including a famous sequence introducing John Wayne 's character the Ringo Kid , blended shots of Monument Valley with shots filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth , California , RKO Encino Movie Ranch , and other locations . Similar geographic incongruencies are evident throughout the film , up to the closing scene of Ringo ( Wayne ) and Dallas ( Trevor ) departing Lordsburg , in southwestern New Mexico , by way of Monument Valley . </P>
<P> Stagecoach was the first of many Westerns that Ford shot using Monument Valley , in the American Southwest on the Arizona -- Utah border , as a location , many of which also starred John Wayne . Scenes from Stagecoach , including a famous sequence introducing John Wayne 's character the Ringo Kid , blended shots of Monument Valley with shots filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth , California , RKO Encino Movie Ranch , and other locations . Similar geographic incongruencies are evident throughout the film , up to the closing scene of Ringo ( Wayne ) and Dallas ( Trevor ) departing Lordsburg , in southwestern New Mexico , by way of Monument Valley . </P>
who played the ringo kid in the original stagecoach film
who played the ringo kid in the original stagecoach film
John Wayne
John Wayne