Frontier Pony Express

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Roy Rogers, Raymond Hatton, Bud Osborne, and Lynne Roberts in Frontier Pony Express (1939)

As Yankee and Rebel forces contend for the allegiance of California, Pony Express rider Roy and his sidekick must round up a pack of villains before Roy can turn his attentions to the girl.As Yankee and Rebel forces contend for the allegiance of California, Pony Express rider Roy and his sidekick must round up a pack of villains before Roy can turn his attentions to the girl.As Yankee and Rebel forces contend for the allegiance of California, Pony Express rider Roy and his sidekick must round up a pack of villains before Roy can turn his attentions to the girl.

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Roy Rogers

Pony Express Rider Roy Rogers

Lynne Roberts

Ann Langhorne
(as Mary Hart)

Raymond Hatton

Horseshoe

Edward Keane

Senator Calhoun Lassister

Noble Johnson

Luke Johnson

Monte Blue

Cherokee

Don Dillaway

Brett Langhorne

William Royle

Dan Garrett
(as William Royale)

Ethel Wales

Mrs. Murphy

Ernie Adams

Man at Deer Lodge Station
(uncredited)

Earl Askam

Johnson Henchman
(uncredited)

Chuck Baldra

Man at Dance
(uncredited)

Hank Bell

Laramie Station Agent
(uncredited)

Buel Bryant

St. Jo Townsman
(uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Johnson Henchman
(uncredited)

Fred Burns

Marshal in St. Jo
(uncredited)

Bob Card

Fiddler
(uncredited)

Horace B. Carpenter

St. Jo Townsman
(uncredited)

Director
- Joseph Kane
Writer
- Norman S. Hall
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The movie starts out with Roy Rogers fending off an Indian attack. Pony Express riders rode without firearms to conserve weight.

When he arrives at the way station Roy dismounts and continues riding on a fresh horse. Pony express riders handed off their pouches to another waiting and already-mounted rider for fastest passage.

Quotes
Ann Langhorne: Who are those tough looking men?
Brett Langhorne: The big one leaning against the post is Luke Johnson. They say he is an outlaw.
Ann Langhorne: Well, why isn't he in prison?
Brett Langhorne: This isn't Maryland, honey. This is the frontier. The last two marshals that went after Johnson are dead.

Connections
Edited into Six Gun Theater: The Frontier Pony Express (2022)

Soundtracks
My Old Kentucky Home
(uncredited)
Written by Stephen Foster
Sung by Roy Rogers

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5/10

That critical year of 1860

Frontier Pony Express finds Roy Rogers cast as the best rider that the Russell,Majors&Waddell firm employs for their new Pony Express. Though it only lasted barely a year the Pony Express has certainly become a legendary outfit. In real life they employed juveniles as they were light in the saddle and speed was essential, the same principle by which you hire jockeys. Buffalo Bill Cody worked for them when he was 13 years old.

As we also know it was that critical year of 1860 that the Pony Express operated and some southern gentleman are interested in the dispatches for the military it carries. When Roy Rogers can't be bribed the southerners resort to violence even making a deal with a notorious outlaw band headed by Noble Johnson. In fact the head southerner, a former US Senator Edward Keane has an agenda all his own.

Republic Pictures gave Roy two songs to sing the traditional Stephen Foster ballad My Old Kentucky Home and a song written for the film Rusty Spurs which Roy delivers in his warm style.

Getting the sidekick role is Raymond Hatton who played rustic types all the way back to the early silent years. Roy's leading lady is Lynne Roberts who in those early days before he met Dale Evans was his most frequent co-star.

Very traditional plot recycled thousands of times in these films and in more adult westerns. The front row kids liked this one I'm sure.