Two Incredible Yakima Canutt Stunts From John Ford's "Stagecoach" (John Wayne, 1939) (video)

"Stagecoach" (1939) would be John Wayne's starmaking picture.

His friend, actor/stuntman Yakima Canutt, was the film's stunt coordinator.

Yakima personally performed one thrilling stunt in particular...

...which would famously inspire a similar one in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

And then there's the next one...

Yakima Canutt would win an honorary Oscar award in 1967.


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