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Pony Express

(1953)

June 15, 1953• 1h 41m
56%
TMDB Score

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.

Jerry Hopper

Director

Top Billed Cast

CH

Charlton Heston

Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

RF

Rhonda Fleming

Evelyn Hastings

JS

Jan Sterling

Denny Russell

FT

Forrest Tucker

James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok

PH

Porter Hall

Jim Bridger

HB

Henry Brandon

Joe Cooper

RS

Richard Shannon

Red Barrett

SR

Stuart Randall

Pemberton

LM

Lewis Martin

Sgt. Russell

PH

Pat Hogan

Chief Yellow Hand (uncredited)

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