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Pony Express

Name: Pony Express
Genre: Action, Western
Released: 1953-06-15
Cast: Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker, Porter Hall

1953 | 101 min | Action, Western

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for action fans. If you loved Silverado, start here.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Fast-moving, at 1 hr 41 min.
What might put you off: Made in 1953: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 15K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jerry Hopper

Charlton HestonCaptain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Rhonda FlemingEvelyn Hastings
Jan SterlingDenny Russell
Forrest TuckerJames Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
Porter HallJim Bridger
Henry BrandonJoe Cooper
Richard ShannonRed Barrett
Stuart RandallPemberton
Lewis MartinSgt. Russell
Pat HoganChief Yellow Hand (uncredited)