Pony Express Rider
Pony Express Rider is a 1976 American Western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Henry Wilcoxon, Maureen McCormick and Joan Caulfield. In 1860 young Jimmie Richardson joins the Pony Express to help find the man he believes killed his father.
Plot
The year is 1860. The United States is inexorably heading towards civil war. Gold fever excites prospectors with wild dreams. Pioneers are pushing the western frontier further. Against these events, is the story of two rugged frontiersmen. They are friends - Trevor Kingman is a rancher who lusts for power and Jed Richardson is a modest man who hopes to carve decency into the western wilds.
More details
| author | Robert Totten |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Robert Totten |
| editor | Marsh Hendry |
| genre | historical western |
| keywords | american pioneer civil war gold fever native american native americans in the united states pioneer pony express rancher uncharted west western front |
| musicBy | Robert O. Ragland |
| producer | Dan Greer Hal Harrison Lyman Dayton Robert Fridley |
| productionCompany | Doty-Dayton Production |
| theme | race |