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5.2/10 • 28

1936-07-060h 54m

Western

A six-shooter writes the law as war flames on the range! Adventure---as bullets blaze the pioneer trail!

The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.

Directors
Mack V. Wright
Editors
Robert Jahns

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  1. John Wayne

    John Wayne

    John Blair

  2. Phyllis Fraser

    Phyllis Fraser

    Barbara Forsythe

  3. Lew Kelly

    Lew Kelly

    Rocky O'Brien

  4. Douglas Cosgrove

    Douglas Cosgrove

    Cal Drake

  5. Lane Chandler

    Lane Chandler

    Larry Adams

  6. Sam Flint

    Sam Flint

    Dr. William Forsythe

  7. Bob Kortman

    Bob Kortman

    Henchman Cherokee Joe

  8. Ed Cassidy

    Ed Cassidy

    Mr. Dodge

  9. Jon Hall

    Jon Hall

    Jim

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CinemaSerf

Jun 19, 2022

5/10

Just what the lawless West needed - a US Government race, with $25,000 to the winner, for the company that can deliver the mail the quickest. That's just the tonic John Wayne and Larry Adams need as the business they recent paid "Cal Drake" through the nose for is already suffering from the decline of their local mining town (It has one resident for each side of the street!) and of the encroaching telegraph. Now we've got all sorts of devious goings-on as teams scheme for this lucrative contract and the portrayals - with Phyllis Fraser adding some love interest - are all quite good fun. There is loads of action, a stagecoach race, and the sometimes quite witty dialogue helps keep this from dragging. It smacks of a little better production values - it is still cheap and cheerful, but the lighting and audio are distinctly better than in some of Wayne's earlier work. Nothing much original here, though - but worth a gander on a wet afternoon.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
contractstagecoachpony expresstelegraph