Pony Express (1953) on Netflix
Approved19531h 41mHistoryRomanceWestern
Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok set out to carry mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, inside ten days. Secessionists and outlaws want the route shut.
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Plot summary
In 1860, William Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, and James Butler Hickok, known as Wild Bill, take on a mail route meant to link St. Joseph, Missouri, with Sacramento, California, in ten days. Bad weather and hostile Indians stand in the way of the riders. California secessionists want the service shut down to push the state out of the Union, and outlaws want to rob the mail it carries.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Pony Express (1953)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film gives no credit to the real founders of the Pony Express, but Buffalo Bill Cody really did ride for it, having signed up when he was 15 years old.
