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Frontier Pony Express
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Wikipedia article
' Frontier Pony Express ' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.
Plot
At the start of the American Civil War in 1861 the Pony Express is of vital importance. A Confederate States of America secret agent Brett Langhorne is working undercover by purchasing a St. Joseph, Missouri newspaper. Accompanied by his sister they meet Roy Rogers who rescues her from a runaway stagecoach. Brett unsuccessfully tries to get Roy to work for money to help the Confederacy.
Brett's local contact is Senator Calhoun Lassiter who Brett and the Confederacy believe will assist in bringing California into the Confederacy. Lassiter betrays both the United States of America and the Confederate States of America as he wants to make California an independent "Republic of the Pacific" that he will despotically rule.
Cast
*Roy Rogers as Pony Express Rider Roy Rogers
*Lynne Roberts as Ann Langhorne
*Raymond Hatton as Horseshoe the Trapper
*Edward Keane as Sen. Calhoun Lassiter
*Noble Johnson as Luke Johnson
*Monte Blue as Cherokee
*Don Dillaway as Brett Langhorne ("St. Jo Sentinel")
*William Royle as Dan Garrett
*Ethel Wales as Mrs. Murphy (Langhorne's housekeeper)
Soundtrack
*Roy Rogers - "My Old Kentucky Home"
*Roy Rogers - "Rusty Spurs"
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