When Donna Reed leaves town on the stagecoach, it is a Wells Fargo stagecoach, but five minutes out of town, the stagecoach is attacked by Indians and it's changed into a different stagecoach entirely with the words "Arizona and New Mexico Stage Lines" on it instead of the words "Wells Fargo and Co." It's such a glaring error that John Sturges must have been stupid to think that no one would notice.
shareYep. And always the same Apache is 'killed': on several occasions an Apache wearing a pink shirt droppes from his horse...
shareI also noticed that when Donna Reed boarded the stagecoach in town
she was still wearing her black outfit that she wore in the
desert. And when we see her again on the different stagecoach
she is wearing a bright, yellow dress! Just when did she manage
to change clothes? I doubt that she did so while riding on
the stagecoach and when she first boarded in town she wasn't
carrying any luggage. I consider these points to be two
glaring errors on the part of John Sturges. All in all a
terrific and entertaining classic western.
LorenzoSunnyFlorida
I'm James "Sonny" Crockett!
With respect.Where you guys watching this movie at all!!!!
The first stage was from Silver City to Tucson.
The second stage was the following day from Tucson to the Trading Post.
"Cowboys don't get married....unless they stop being cowboys" Monte Walsh(1970)
I have spent 50 years of my life exploring the beautiful,Southwestern United States of America the dry air sunny skies and open spaces.The canyons of Southern Utah,most of California,New Mexico and of course Arizona..which brings me to "filming locations beind 90$ Old Tucson and its environs...the locale for this great Western.
Cannot imagine how pristine it was when The Caucasian Spaniards dicovered and improved it.
In my book a yound Richard Widmark can do no wrong,nor can the lanky John McIntyre and lovely Donna Reed.
Well written,electric acting and the Southern Arizona backdrop and I want to go back there ASAP...bad spine and all.
All that you know,East of the Mississippi...forget it the West isit for now.
America fought a War over these lands and these were brave,tough Americans who died for it. So America is allowing the World to just walk in and TAKE IT.
NoT while I am alive,no sir."From My DEAD HANDS"..so Western Films will mean NOTHING.
Jommy Ringo is correct. Except that the trip from Silver City to Tucson could have taken a lot more than one day.
I believe that she gets on a Wells Fargo and Company in Silver City to ride to Tuscon, Arizona. Arriving at Tucson, Arizona she learns that Sergeant Lake is in command of a detail at Benton's Trading post, so she takes an Arizona and New Mexico Stage Lines stagecoach that will stop at Benton's Trading Post.
Since Silver City, New Mexico, is about 200 miles from Tucson, if the Silver City in the movie is the real Silver City she would have plenty of time, probably about a week, to change her clothes between Silver City, Tucson, and Benton's trading Post.
So unless the Silver City in the movie is a fictional Silver City not far from Tucson there is no reason to suppose that she would be travelling on the same stage from Silver City to Tucson and from Tucson to Benton's Trading Post, or to suppose that she would wear the same clothes from Gila Valley to Silver City to Tucson to Benton's trading Post.
She changed when they changed stagecoaches!
They also had a supply of pink shirts for the Apaches there.
Okay and perhaps she did change her outfit at this time and funny
how you've mentioned the pink shirts for the Apaches who were
on horseback. I cannot imagine as to why John Sturges and the
costume designer chose pink for the Indians" shirt color. LOL!
Lorenzo Sunny Florida
Call me a sailor or a swabby just don't call me a squid!
You can see in many westerns men wearing full body undergarment which is pink. Pink shirts are not inconceivable. Indians wore whatever they could lay their hands on either by stealing or trading.
shareI believe that she gets on a Wells Fargo and Company in Silver City to ride to Tuscon, Arizona. Arriving at Tucson, Arizona she learns that Sergeant Lake is in command of a detail at Benton's Trading post, so she takes an Arizona and New Mexico Stage Lines stagecoach that will stop at Benton's Trading Post.
Since Silver City, New Mexico, is about 200 miles from Tucson, if the Silver City in the movie is the real Silver City she would have plenty of time, probably about a week, to change her clothes between Silver City, Tucson, and Benton's trading Post.
So unless the Silver City in the movie is a fictional Silver City not far from Tucson there is no reason to suppose that she would be travelling on the same stage from Silver City to Tucson and from Tucson to Benton's Trading Post, or to suppose that she would wear the same clothes from Gila Valley to Silver City to Tucson to Benton's trading Post.