What is the first movie mentioned by name in Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer (1961)? July 18, 2020October 3, 2011 by Pamela Landy The first movie mentioned by name in Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer is Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford. Related Answers What is the second movie mentioned by name in Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer (1961)? What biography for children did Alice Walker write? How many gifts were mentioned in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”? Where was the stagecoach going in the 1939 movie Stagecoach? In Body Heat (1981), what high school yearbook does Ned Racine (William Hurt) use to learn that Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) is guilty of murder? Did Alice Walker start out by writing fiction or poetry?