Pony Express (1953)

Written by Frank Gruber, Charles Marquis Warren

Directed by Jerry Hopper

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1953

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

An action-packed, romanticised account of how Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok established the Pony Express in California, saved the state from secession and became an integral part of Wild West mythology. Buffalo Bill and his sidekick Hickok attempt to foil a plot involving a Sioux chief, a stagecoach owner and a foreign spy to urge California to break away from the Union.

Cast

	Charlton Heston		William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
	Rhonda Fleming		Evelyn Hastings
	Jan Sterling		Denny
	Forrest Tucker		Wild Bill Hickok
	Michael Moore		Rance Hastings
	Porter Hall		Jim Bridger
	Richard Shannon		Barrett
	Henry Brandon		Joe Cooper Owner Overland Express Co.
	Stuart Randall		Pemberton
	Lewis Martin		Sgt. Russell
	Pat Hogan		Chief Yellow Hand
	Howard Joslin
	Leroy Johnson
	Jim Burk
	Robert J. Miles