Along With John Ford and John Wayne, an Early Stuntman, Enos ‘Yakima’ Canutt, Helped Make 1939’s ‘Stagecoach’ an Enduring Masterwork

Were it not for the efforts of Enos “Yakima” Canutt (1895-1986), John Ford’s “Stagecoach” (1939) might be less than what it is — that is to say, a masterwork of American cinema — and would not be on the docket of films running at the American Museum of the Moving Image as part of “See It Big: Stunts!” Canutt put life and limb at risk in two key scenes: one in which he doubled for John Wayne and the other as an Apache warrior under the command of Geronimo.