Pony Express

Jun 15, 1953

1h 41m

★ 5.6

GALLOPING THRILLS! A mighty adventure when America's destiny rode in the saddle bags of the...PONY EXPRESS

Overview

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way they must battle bad weather, hostile Indians and outlaws intent on robbing the mail and shutting down the entire operation.

Genres

Action

Western

Production Companies

Nat Holt Productions

Pony Express Trailers

Cast

Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Charlton Heston

Evelyn Hastings

Rhonda Fleming

Denny Russell

Jan Sterling

James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok

Forrest Tucker

Jim Bridger

Porter Hall

Joe Cooper

Henry Brandon

Red Barrett

Richard Shannon

Pemberton

Stuart Randall

Sgt. Russell

Lewis Martin

Chief Yellow Hand (uncredited)

Pat Hogan

Rance Hastings

Michael Moore

Mr. Walstron (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

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