Pony Express Days

Jul 13, 1940

0h 20m

★ 6.3

Overview

In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

Pony Express Days Trailers

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Cast

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

George Reeves

Johnny Frey

David Bruce

Bolliver Roberts

Frank Wilcox

Nevada Jim

J. Farrell MacDonald

Colonel Joseph Randall

Joe King

Tipton Walton

Addison Richards

In a rigged gunfight Tom Blake is forced to shoot a man in self defense and is then hunted for murder. After a long trip fleeing the posse he uses a false name and joins the Pony Express which is just about to commence operatons. Relegated to the most dangerous section of the route, he finds himself fighting the District Manager's scheme to sabotage the inital run. But just then a wanted poster with his picture on it arrives.

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6.9

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6.5

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5.5

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5.8

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5.8

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5.2

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6.5

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6.5

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4.9

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6.3

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7.0

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7.6

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6.0

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7.0

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9.0

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5.8

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