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Language. English. Box office. $4.4 million. Wagons East (sometimes styled as Wagons East!) is a 1994 American Western adventure comedy film directed by Peter Markle, written by Matthew Carlson, and starring John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo, Rodney A. Grant, and Ed Lauter.
- $4.4 million
- Michael Small
- August 26, 1994
- Carolco Pictures
Aug 26, 1994 · Wagons East: Directed by Peter Markle. With Joe Bays, Abraham Benrubi, Jill Boyd, John Candy. In the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back East to their hometowns.
- (5.9K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Western
- Peter Markle
- 1994-08-26
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
Aug 26, 1994 · Har-de-har-har. We're in the old west, a dreadful place that a lot of the locals want to escape - which is why they hire Candy as their wagonmaster, and put together a wagon train to go back east again.
Feb 1, 2022 · Enter wagon master James Harlow (John Candy). He’s been drunk for 20 years, but convinces Phil that he’s the man who can guide them back to St. Louis. He make take the wrong fork on the trail occasionally. He might watch over a river crossing when the bridge would have done just fine. And he might lead them straight into a Sioux camp.
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Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Trivia. Wagons East. John Candy died during filming. His few remaining scenes were either not filmed, or were filmed using a stand-in, then re-written not to involve him. For example, his prolonged fistfight with the general, and during his second bar sequence footage was re-used from his earlier bar sequence.