Inklings // May 2025

 

Just a quick post before I leave for a couple of week's holiday... another Inklings post (check rules for linking up here).

This month's Inklings prompt is: 

A stagecoach scene in book or film

I haven't watched that many films featuring stagecoaches, and I just couldn't think of a scene for this one. Finally, yesterday, I thought of one part of The Magnificent Seven (1960).

This scene does feature a stagecoach:

and also a horse-drawn hearse: 

so I thought it qualified!

I absolutely love this film. It's got a great plot, realistic characters with plausible backstories and character arcs, amazing music which I would and do listen to just because it's amazing music, and it's got almost no bad language/inappropriateness in it. I've watched it so many times, and I've loved it more on each rewatch. You can find a link to the whole scene here. (Just a warning: the film does have the occasional mild bit of bad language, and this scene features a few of those.)

As I said at the beginning of this post, I'm away for a few weeks, so if you decide to comment I won't be able to publish it straight away. Please do comment, though! I'd love to hear from you. Have you ever watched this film? Do you enjoy Westerns?