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What role did Thomas Mitchell play in the film Stagecoach?

  • Doc Boone

  • Ring Bailey

  • Marshal Curley Wilcox

  • Captain Richard Mallory

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Thomas Mitchell played the role of Doc Boone in the 1939 film Stagecoach. Boone was a surgeon and a gambler who was traveling to Tombstone, Arizona to meet with his estranged wife. He was a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed man, but he also had a kind heart and a strong sense of justice. Boone was one of the most popular characters in the film, and Mitchell's performance was critically acclaimed.
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