Visible crew/equipment: At Lees Ferry when the stagecoach is crossing the river, there is a shot from on top of the stagecoach. As the camera pans over to the river, a clear shadow of the camera and its film magazine are visible.
Stagecoach (1939)
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Andy Devine
Continuity mistake: When the stagecoach enters Tonto street, it's shadow switches sides between angles.
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Ringo (John Wayne) finishes talking to the Marshall and walks toward the stagecoach, watch the right hand top side of the stagecoach, the camera with a film reel can be seen and as Ringo walks towards the stagecoach it gently moves back behind the stagecoach. The camera appears to have some kind of a covering of black cloth and also the hand and part of the arm of the operator can be seen.
Dallas: Well, you gotta live no matter what happens.
Henry, the Ringo Kid: Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from.
Marshal Curly Wilcox: Come busting in here - you'd think we were being attacked! You can find another wife.
Chris: Sure I can find another wife. But she take my rifle and my horse. Oh, I'll never sell her. I love her so much. I beat her with a whip and she never get tired.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Your wife?
Chris: No, my horse. I can find another wife easy, yes, but not a horse like that.
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