Overland Mail

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.

Cast

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Jim Lane

Helen Parrish

as Barbara Gilbert

Noah Beery Jr.

as Sierra Pete

Don Terry

as Buckskin Billy Burke

Bob Baker

as Bill Cody [Chs.1,14]

Noah Beery

as Frank Chadwick (as Noah Beery Sr.)

Tom Chatterton

as Tom Gilbert

Charles Stevens

as Puma - Henchman

Robert Barron

as Charles Darson

Harry Cording

as Sam Gregg - Henchman

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