Pony Express (1925)
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Having tackled a wagon train in the immensely popular The Covered Wagon (1922), James Cruze directed this would-be epic centered on the famed Pony Express. This time, however, audiences stayed away in droves. Cruze's old-fashioned staging was foremost to blame. He portrayed pretty vistas but… More Having tackled a wagon train in the immensely popular The Covered Wagon (1922), James Cruze directed this would-be epic centered on the famed Pony Express. This time, however, audiences stayed away in droves. Cruze's old-fashioned staging was foremost to blame. He portrayed pretty vistas but little movement in his epics and Pony Express of course even lacked the novelty aspects that had made "Wagon" a box-office success. Austrian-born Ricardo Cortez starred as a gambler who joins the delivery service during the time of California's impending statehood. There is the obligatory Indian attack and a nasty villain played to the hilt by George Bancroft. Still and all, this silent version is superior in almost all aspects to the even more slow-moving 1953 remake starring Charlton Heston. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Cruze
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
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Cast
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Betty Compson
as Molly Jones
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Ricardo Cortez
as Dock Weston
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Ernest Torrence
as "Ascension" Jones
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Wallace Beery
as "Rhode Island" Red
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George Bancroft
as Jack Slade
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Frank Lackteen
as Charlie Bent
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John Fox Jr.
as Billy Cody
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William H. Turner
as William Russell
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Charles Gerson
as Sam Clemens
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Rose Tapley
as Aunt
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Ernie S. Adams
as Shorty
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Hank Bell
as Townsman
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Albert Hart
as Sen. Glen
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Toby Wing
as Girl
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Vondell Darr
as Baby
