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This feature is one of the first films John Wayne did for Republic Pictures and the increase in the production budget is evident. He plays a novice stage coach line owner who has to fight off another stage line to win a lucrative government mail contract. In the process he hopes to bring prosperity to Crescent City, the town at the end of his stage coach line.
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Wayne plays an ex-boxer, Sean Thornton, who’s retired to Ireland to get away from his past. While there he meets and falls in love with a beautiful redheaded Irish woman (Maureen O'Hara) but her brother (Victor McLaglen) and tradition stand between them. It’s the simplest of stories but features some of the most colourful characters ever seen in a motion picture.
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Wayne was approached by Mel Brooks to play the part of The Waco Kid in the film Blazing Saddles. After reading the script he said, "I can't be in this picture, it's too dirty...but I'll be the first in line to see it."[43]
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