The Fargo Phantom

Feb 9, 1950

0h 25m

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Overview

This entry in Universal's series of "Musical Westerns" shorts has Tex Williams, assisted by Deuce Spriggins and Smokey Rogers, bringing his six guns, fists and singing abilities against a gang of stage-robbing bandits. This film was combined with another Tex Williams short, Coyote Canyon, and reissued as the feature-length "Tales of the West No.2.)

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Universal International Pictures

The Fargo Phantom Trailers

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Cast

Tex Williams

Smokey Rogers

Deuce Spriggins

Pat Condon (as Shirlee Allard)

Shirley Ballard

Hartley

Forrest Taylor

Shorty

Stark Bishop

Blacksmith Watson

Monte Montague

Barnes

Chuck Hayward

Stage Driver

Ray Jones

Agent (as Robert O'Neil)

Robert A. O'Neil

The Pony Express was one of the most legendary of the frontier trails in the American West. Riding for the Pony Express was a dangerous job. No one has an exact amount of riders that lost their life while delivering the mail. This short film was filmed on the actual Pony Express trail used over 150 years ago.

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