Overland Mail

Sep 22, 1942

4h 39m

★ 10.0

15 chapters of thundering thrills!

Overview

Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Jim Lane

Lon Chaney Jr.

Barbara Gilbert

Helen Parrish

Sierra Pete

Noah Beery Jr.

Buckskin Billy Burke

Don Terry

Bill Cody [Chs.1,14]

Bob Baker

Frank Chadwick (as Noah Beery Sr.)

Noah Beery

Tom Gilbert

Tom Chatterton

Puma - Henchman

Charles Stevens

Charles Darson

Robert Barron

Sam Gregg - Henchman

Harry Cording

Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]

Marguerite De La Motte

Lamont [Chs. 7-8]

Ben Taggart

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7.0

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5.0

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5.3

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9.0

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8.0

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9.0

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6.3

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6.2

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7.0

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7.8

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