Pony Express Rider

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| name = Pony Express Rider

| image = Pony Express Rider.jpg

| caption =

| director = Robert Totten

| writer = {{ubl|Dan Greer|Hal Harrison|Robert Totten}}

| producer = {{ubl|Lyman Dayton|Robert Fridley|Dan Greer|Hal Harrison}}

| starring = {{ubl|Henry Wilcoxon|Maureen McCormick|Joan Caulfield}}

| narrator =

| cinematography = Bernie Abramson

| editing = Marsh Hendry

| music = Robert O. Ragland

| studio = Doty-Dayton Production

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1976|11|18}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Pony Express Rider is a 1976 American Western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Henry Wilcoxon, Maureen McCormick and Joan Caulfield.Monaco p. 180 In 1860 young Jimmie Richardson joins the Pony Express to help find the man he believes killed his father.Maltin, Leonard, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition, Plume, 1990, p. 904

Plot

The year is 1860. The United States is inexorably heading towards civil war. Gold fever excites prospectors with wild dreams. Pioneers are pushing the western frontier further. Against these events, is the story of two rugged frontiersmen. They are friends - Trevor Kingman is a rancher who lusts for power and Jed Richardson is a modest man who hopes to carve decency into the western wilds.

Kingman's pursuit of political fame and fortune eventually splits the friends. The only link between them is the love that developed between Richardson's son, Jimmy D., and Kingman's daughter, Rose of Sharon.

When a feud develops between the two families, Bovey (Kingman's son) - in a moment of anger - murders Jed. Jimmy D., despite his love for Rose, decides to avenge his father's death. He sets out after Bovey, racing through the wilderness plains across Native American-held country. By a chanceful opportunity Jimmy D. joins the Pony Express mail rider service. It is through the Pony Express that he is able to ride across hostile territory in his vengeance mission. Eventually, in uncharted territory, Jimmy D. gets his revenge.Gibraltar Chronicle Television & Radio Guide; Dated 08/12/1984; Page 3