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film directed by

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, written by Keneth Darling, and starring

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, Jody Lawrance,

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, Don Wilbanks,

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and Robert Anderson. It was released on October 1, 1962, by

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Plot

In 1873, a stagecoach pulls into Tucson, Arizona. The passengers are U. S. Cavalry Maj. John Southern, Ann Thompson, a woman on her way to San Francisco to study medicine, and Indian agent Hiram Best. In Tucson they pick up gambler Dade Coleman and Loi Yan Wu, a young Chinese-American woman who is on her way to San Francisco to work as a librarian. At a stop for food, the stage adds a sixth passenger – gunslinger Jess Dollard. Following the food stop, Loi Yan Wu becomes ill. Her illness is diagnosed by Ann as chicken pox, but the driver and guard believe it to be smallpox. Realizing they've all been exposed, they continue their journey, but the driver and guard plot to abandon the passengers. Stopping in the middle of the desert, the driver and guard claim to be resting the horses, but when most of the passengers are out of the coach, they take off and leave them. Best, the Indian agent, stays in the coach. The five passengers set out on foot, with John Southern carrying the stricken Loi Yan Wu. They spend the night in the desert and are able to get food and water from some plants they find. They travel on, weaker and weaker, and then see the stagecoach ahead of them. As they get closer, they see that the driver, guard and Hiram Best have been killed by Apaches, who took the horses and the men's guns. They bury the men and camp out around the stage. Coleman finds a canteen of water and hoards it, but Dollard sees him sneaking a drink from it and takes the canteen to share with the others. That night Coleman steals Dollard's gun and a knife Dollard had given to Ann. When Southern tries to attack him, Coleman kills Southern and then wounds Dollard. He then forces Ann under the stage, where she and Loi Yan Wu had been sleeping, and rapes her. Dollard is nursed back to health by Loi Yan Wu while Coleman forces Ann to be his servant. Eventually Coleman sends Dollard and Loi Yan Wu away, telling them to walk into the desert. They go a little ways off and wait for Coleman to weaken, as Ann has confided to them that Coleman now has chicken pox. But before that can happen, they all see a stagecoach approaching. Coleman realizes that it's the stage to Tucson, and that if he and Ann are both rescued, she can testify against him, so he immediately shoots her, then runs toward the stage waving his arms. The stage, however, has been attacked by Apaches, and everyone is dead except the driver, who is wounded and delirious. The driver, seeing Coleman in the road waving his arms, mistakes him for an attacking Indian and shoots him. Loi Yan Wu and Dollard, using the horses from the stage, set off, hoping to eventually settle in San Francisco together.

Cast

as Jess Dollard *

as Dade Coleman * Jody Lawrance as Dr. Ann Thompson * Don Wilbanks as Maj. John Southern *

as Hiram Best *Robert Anderson as Carl 'Whip' Mott *

as Loi Yan Wu *

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as Quint Rucker *

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as Jude * Charles Tannen as Sheriff *Mike Ragan as Ben Wade *

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as Roy *Tim Bolton as Holster #1 *

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as Holster #2 *Alicia Li as Mai Lei *

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as Ah Ling

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0056522, Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock 1962 films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Earl Bellamy American Western (genre) films 1962 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films 1960s American films English-language Western (genre) films