Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Oct 1 1962 Approved 1h 12m
Action, Adventure, Western

Five passengers in a stagecoach are abandoned by their driver in the desert. Trying to survive, they struggle with illness, thirst, hunger, and the threats posed both by one another and the local Indigenous peoples.

Plot

A group of passengers traveling by stagecoach in 1873 from Tucson, Arizona to Fort Yuma, Arizona. One of the passengers,, a Chinese girl, Loy Lan Yu (Judy Dan), is discovered as having contracted the dreaded smallpox and, as a result , the other passengers are forced out into the desert to fend for themselves. They include a gunfighter, Jess Dollard (Warren Stevens), a gambler,Dade Coleman (Martin Landau), and a young medical student, Ann Thompson (Jody Lawrence). Also included among that stranded are a crooked Indian agent, Hiram Best (Del Moore) and an army officer, Major John Southern (Don Wilbanks) and two other Chinese girls. Only a few survive the desert ordeal and an Indian attack.

Written by

Keneth Darling

Directed by

Earl Bellamy

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Gray-Mac Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
121
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA