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The Pony Express

 
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The Pony Express

  • Director: Jerry Hopper
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Western
  • Movie Type: Traditional Western, Adventure Drama
  • Themes: Heroic Mission
  • Main Cast: Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker, Michael Moore
  • Release Year: 1953
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 101 minutes

Plot

The action in this loose adaptation of a popular 1925 silent tells the galloping (and largely untrue) tale if the formation of the U.S. rapid transcontinental mail system with a focus on the adventures of Buffalo Bill Cody (Charlton Heston) and Wild Bill Hickock (Forrest Tucker). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Porter Hall - Bridger; Richard Shannon - Barrett; Henry Brandon - Cooper; Stuart Randall - Pemberton; Pat Hogan - Chief Yellow Hand; Eric Alden - Miller; Jim Burk; Chuck Hamilton - Man; Len Hendry - Maldin; Leroy Johnson; John Mansfield; Lewis Martin - Sgt. Russell; Frank Wilcox - Walstrom; Jim Davies - Cassidy; Willard Willingham - Cavalryman; William Hamel; Jerry James; Howard Joslin; Robert Miles; Bob Scott; Bob Templeton

Credit

Albert Nozaki - Art Director, Hal Pereira - Art Director, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Francisco Day - First Assistant Director, Jerry Hopper - Director, Edna Warren - Editor, Paul Sawtell - Composer (Music Score), Wally Westmore - Makeup, Ray Rennahan - Cinematographer, Nat Holt - Producer, Sam Comer - Set Designer, Bertram Granger - Set Designer, Gene Merritt - Sound/Sound Designer, Walter Oberst - Sound/Sound Designer, Charles Marquis Warren - Screenwriter, Frank Gruber - Short Story Author
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