The Pony Express (1925 film)

The Pony Express
The Pony Express
	Lobby card
Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Walter Woods (scenario)
Based on	The Pony Express; by Henry James Forman and Walter Woods
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Betty Compson; Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography	Karl Brown
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 20, 1925;
Running time	10 reels; 9,929 feet (110 minutes)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

The Pony Express is a 1925 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1] The film was directed by James Cruze and starred his wife, Betty Compson, along with Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft. Prints of this film survive, and it has been released on DVD.^[2]^[3]

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Cast[edit]

Betty Compson as Molly Jones
Ricardo Cortez as Jack Weston
Ernest Torrence as Ascension Jones
Wallace Beery as Rhode Island Red
George Bancroft as Jack Slade
Frank Lackteen as Charlie Bent
Johnny Fox as Billy Cody (credited as John Fox Jr.)
William H. Turner as William Russell
Al Hart as Senator Glen
Charles Gerson as Sam Clemens
Rose Tapley as Aunt
Vondell Darr as Baby
Ernie Adams as Henchman (uncredited)
Hank Bell as Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Brinley as Man in Top Hat (uncredited)
William J. Dyer as Bartender (uncredited)
Duke Kahanamoku as Indian Chief (uncredited)
Jack Kenny as Minor Role (uncredited)
Toby Wing as Child (uncredited)

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Pony Express

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: The Pony Express at silentera.com

[3] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Pony Express

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