The Pony Express (1925)

Director:

James Cruze

Writers:

Henry James Forman (story), Walter Woods (screenplay),

Stars:

Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence

Cast

Credited cast:
Betty Compson	...	Molly Jones
Ricardo Cortez	...	Jack Weston
Ernest Torrence	...	'Ascension' Jones
Wallace Beery	...	Rhode Island Red
George Bancroft	...	Jack Slade
Frank Lackteen	...	Charlie Bent
Johnny Fox	...	Billie Cody (as John Fox Jr.)
William H. Turner	...	William Russell (as William Turner)
Al Hart	...	Senator Glen (as Albert Hart)
Charles Gerson	...	Sam Clemens
Rose Tapley	...	Aunt
Vondell Darr	...	Baby
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Duke Kahanamoku	...	Indian Chief

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

gunplay

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

4 September 1925 (USA)

Also Known As:

Correio a Cavalo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Pony Express (1953)

User Reviews

Bad History Great Spectacle

Cruze attempted to follow up the success of THE COVERED WAGON with this rousing story of the founding of the Pony Express in the early days of the Civil War. Plenty of talent is entertainingly displayed, from Wallace Beery as "Rhode Island Red" (puh-leeze!) at his coyest and the ever-delightful Betty Compson to excellent camera-work by Karl Brown. But a script devoted more to fanciful attempts by the Knights of the Golden Circle -- a sort of Ur-Ku Klux Klan -- to lynch their way to power, random road agents and the assertion that a running man with a revolver can shoot down three stationary men with rifles makes hash of the entire show.

Still, if you enjoy the sort of piffle that suffused the western for many years, you will enjoy this Cecil B. Demille sort of western And if you can find a clean copy of this work it is a delight to the eyes.