A youthful Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot in an Indian attack.A youthful Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot in an Indian attack.A youthful Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot in an Indian attack.
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- Nevada Jim
- (as J. Farrell McDonald)
- Colonel Joseph Randall
- (as Joseph King)
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
- Paiute Chief
- (uncredited)
- Sacramento Sheriff
- (uncredited)
- Man in St. Joseph Telegraph Office
- (uncredited)
- Sacramento Express Rider
- (uncredited)
- Man
- (uncredited)
- Legislator
- (uncredited)
- Man
- (uncredited)
- Passenger
- (uncredited)
- Man in St. Joseph Telegraph Office
- (uncredited)
- St. Joseph Telegrapher
- (uncredited)
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- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIncluded as a special feature in Warner Home Video's 2005 DVD release of the TV series "Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season".
- Quotes
[last lines]
Nevada Jim: [to Johnny] I'm goin' back to huntin' buffalo where a man can use his brains. My young friend Buffalo Bill is comin' along with me.
[to Bill]
Nevada Jim: Ain't ya, huh?
Johnny Frey: [to Bill] So, you've been believin' ol' Nevady's lies all along?
Nevada Jim: Huh?
Bill Cody: [slowly repeats the new nickname to himself] Buffalo Bill Cody...
[to Johnny]
Bill Cody: It's got kind of a nice sound, doesn't it, Johnny?
- SoundtracksGwine to Rune All Night
(1850) (uncredited)
aka "De Camptown Races"
Written by Stephen Foster
Played as background music in St. Joseph, Missouri
The famous legend of the Pony Express bringing the news of Lincoln's election to California is shown here. That the existence of this mail and communication service to our West Coast did a lot to keep California in the union is simply accepted. The Pony Express knew it was on a short term existence, the telegraph was in existence for a decade and a half and it would move sooner or later across the plains as did the railroad, but only after the Civil War.
Before he was Superman, before he played Sir Galahad in a serial, George Reeves takes on the part of the Pony Express's most famous alumnus William F. Cody. Probably Stephen Baldwin in The Young Riders was a lot closer to the real Cody, but Reeves does all right with the part. That it was in fact Cody who brought the word of the election returns I'm not sure of.
Still it's a nice story about young Buffalo Bill.
- bkoganbing
- Jan 23, 2014
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- Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1