Overview
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.
DirectorJerry Hopper
ProducersNat Holt
ScreenplayCharles Marquis Warren
Top Casts

Charlton Heston
Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Rhonda Fleming
Evelyn Hastings

Jan Sterling
Denny Russell

Forrest Tucker
James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok

Porter Hall
Jim Bridger

Henry Brandon
Joe Cooper

Richard Shannon
Red Barrett

Stuart Randall
Pemberton

Lewis Martin
Sgt. Russell

Pat Hogan
Chief Yellow Hand (uncredited)
Details
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesNat Holt Productions
TaglineGALLOPING THRILLS! A mighty adventure when America's destiny rode in the saddle bags of the...PONY EXPRESS