Pony Express
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.
Cast
Charlton Heston
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Rhonda Fleming
as Evelyn Hastings
Jan Sterling
as Denny Russell
Forrest Tucker
as James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
Porter Hall
as Jim Bridger
Henry Brandon
as Joe Cooper
Richard Shannon
as Red Barrett
Stuart Randall
as Pemberton
Lewis Martin
as Sgt. Russell
Pat Hogan
as Chief Yellow Hand (uncredited)
Reviews
John Chard
Almost, nearly... Directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston, Forrest Tucker and Rhonda Fleming, Pony Express is adapted from a story written by Frank Gruber. It revolves around the birth of the Pony Express and how it linked California to the rest of the United States, thus preventing...
Wuchak
_**Charlton Heston Western about the establishing of the Pony Express**_ As the Civil War looms in 1860, Buffalo Bill Cody (Charlton Heston) and Wild Bill Hickok (Forrest Tucker) team-up to help establish the Pony Express from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, enabling mail to get ...
