Movies, Serials, TV

This information on the Pony Express in Movies, Serials and Television was compiled and provided by John Hoff, a member of the California Division, National Pony Express Association. John lives in southern California and has an extraordinary collection of Pony Express memorabilia.

Movies

A New Pony Express Movie

Frontier Pony Express. Republic, 1939
Pony Express Days. Warner Brothers, 1940
Pony Post. Universal, 1940
The Pinto Bandit. Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944
The Plainsman and The Lady. Republic, 1946
Riders of the Pony Express. Kayson/Screencraft, 1949
Stagecoach Driver. Monogram, 1951
Pony Express. Paramount, 1953
Last of the Pony Riders. Columbia, 1953
Pony Express Rider. Doty-Dayton, 1976

Serials

Overland Mail. Universal, 1942
Cody of the Pony Express. Columbia, 1950
Blazing the Overland Trail. Columbia, 1956

Television

Range Rider. Flying "A" Productions, 1951
Ride the Wind. NBC-TV, 1966

Television listings would not be complete without including a link to the Young Riders Home Page.

Video

Pony Express. Paramount, 1953
Pony Express Rider. Doty-Dayton, 1976
Ride the Wind. NBC-TV, 1966
Wind River
The Pony Express, 1925 Silent classic
The Pony Express, Narrated by Red Steagall
Cody of the Pony Express, Columbia Serial

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Pony Express Movie Latest Media Contact for Patee House

A new Pony Express movie with Stephen Spielberg as producer could be at a theater near you in the next year or two. Screenwriters Monte Williams and Fred Ellis spent a full day at Patee House recently researching the Pony Express and interviewing museum director Gary Chilcote.
The Austin, Texas, writers said the movie would actually be filmed in Nevada or Utah, but they came to St. Joseph for background to assure a degree of accuracy to the movie. It would probably deal with the loneliness on the trail, and the Paiute Indian problem in 1860.

Pony Express Days

Studio: Warner Brothers, 1940
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Script: Charles L. Tetford
Stars: George Reeves, David Bruce, Frank Wilson
A short feature which follows most closely to historical information on the Pony Express.

The Pinto Bandit

Studio: Producers Releasing Corporation. 1944
Script: Elmer Clifton
Stars: James Newill, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Mady Lawrence
The Texas Rangers trio enter a three-man relay race for a mail contract in order to capture the masked bandit who has been stealing mail shipments between two towns. Part of the long-running "The Texas Rangers" series.

The Plainsman and the Lady

Studio: Republic, 1946
Director: Joseph kane
Script: Richard Wormser
Stars: William Elliott, Vera Ralston, Donald (Don "Red") Barry
Before the Civil War, a rich cattleman aids a banker and his pretty daughter in establishing the Pony Express between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, despite the machinations of a crooked stagecoach operator and his murderous henchman. Don Barry as the gunman and Gail Patrick as the heroin's socail-climbing sister.

Riders of the Pony Express

Studio: Kayson/Screencraft, 1949
Director: Michael Salle
Stars: Ken Curtis

Stagecoach Driver

Studio: Monogram, 1951
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Script: Joseph O'Donnell
Stars: Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Gloria Winters
A lawman and his pals try to stop the lawlessness caused when the telegraph begins putting the Pony Express and freight lines out of business.

Range Rider

Studio: Flying "A" Productions, 1951
Episode: Last of the Pony Express
Stars: Gene Autry

The Pony Express

Jame Cruze's 1925 silent film epic starring Ricardo Cortez, Betty Compson, Ernest Torrence, Wallace Berry and George Bancroft.

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Serials

Television

Video

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