Wells Fargo

Dec 31, 1937

1h 34m

★ 5.5

TOGETHER THEY BUILD A CONTINENT! He lives the magnificent adventure that saves a country and she shares the adventures of the man she loves!

Overview

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

Genres

History

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Ramsay MacKay

Joel McCrea

Hank York, a wanderer

Bob Burns

Justine Pryor

Frances Dee

Dal Slade

Lloyd Nolan

Henry Wells

Henry O'Neill

Mrs. Pryor

Mary Nash

Nicholas Pryor

Ralph Morgan

Talbot Carter

Johnny Mack Brown

James Oliver

Porter Hall

William Fargo

Jack Clark

John Butterfield

Clarence Kolb

Dan Trimball, prospector

Robert Cummings

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