Pony Express
GenreWestern
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes35
Production
Producers
  • Tom McKnight
  • Robert Stillman
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time25 mins.
Production companyCalifornia National Productions
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseOctober 7, 1959 (1959-10-07)[1] –
May 31, 1960 (1960-05-31)

Pony Express is an American Western television series about the adventures of an agent in the 1860s of the Central Overland Express Company, better known as the Pony Express.[2] The half-hour program starring Grant Sullivan and Don Dorrell was created by California National Productions.[2] Pony Express ran for thirty-five episodes in syndication from the fall of October 1959 until May 1960.[3] In its final days, the series just managed to coincide with the centennial of the Pony Express (April 3, 1860).

Overview

The series featured two recurring roles: Grant Sullivan as Brett Clark, a roving investigator for the company, and Don Dorrell as Donovan, a young Pony Express rider. The majority of the weekly episodes involved Clark and Donovan solving various Pony Express mysteries.[4]

Production

Pony Express was filmed at Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles County, California.[3] It was one of several western-themed television shows produced by CNP, including Boots and Saddles (1957–1958) and Union Pacific (1959–1960) and Frontier (1955-1956).[5] CNP created the series for the 100th anniversary of the actual Pony Express.[6]

The Pony Express pilot, the first Western television pilot shot in colour,[1] was shot in February 1957 with James Best in the lead. This version did not sell (although Best was included in a TV Guide photo feature on upcoming TV westerns in June of that year) but was later aired, slightly re-edited, as an episode of the syndicated series.

Guest stars

Episodes

No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"The Story Of Julesberg"Lewis R. FosterTeleplay by : Sam Peckinpah ()
2"The Killer"James NielsenStory by : Tony Barrett
Teleplay by : Jack Laird		 ()
3"The Replacement"Jean YabroughTeleplay by : John Meredyth Lucas ()
4"The Last Mile"Frank AdreonTeleplay by : Joe Stone and Paul King ()
5"Payoff"TBDTBD ()
6"Wrong Rope"Jean YabroughTeleplay by : Budd Lesser ()
7"The Deadly Sniper"Jean YabroughTeleplay by : Lee Berg and Harry Clork ()
8"Justice For Jenny"TBDTBD ()
9"The Treaty"TBDTBD ()
10"Message From New Orleans"Frank McDonaldTeleplay by : William R. Cox and Harry Clork ()
11"The Good Samaritan"Jean YabroughTeleplay by : Rudy Makoul and Joel Rogosin ()
12"The Peace Offering"TBDTBD ()
13"The Wrong Man"TBDTBD ()
14"The Reluctant Bride"TBDTBD ()
15"Lady's Choice"TBDTBD ()
16"Token Payment"TBDTeleplay by : Budd Lesser ()
17"We Ourselves"TBDTBD ()
18"Showdown At Thirty Mile Ridge"TBDTBD ()
19"Bandido"Frank McDonaldTeleplay by : Joe Stone and Paul King ()
20"Princess Of Crazy Creek"Frank McDonaldTeleplay by : Joe Stone and Paul King ()
21"The Theft"TBDTBD ()
22"Duel At Devil's Canyon"TBDTBD ()
23"Vendetta"TBDTBD ()
24"Mail For A Male"TBDTBD ()
25"The Breadwinner"TBDTBD ()
26"The Golden Circle"TBDTBD ()
27"The Station Keeper's Bride"TBDTBD ()
28"The Pendant"TBDTBD ()
29"Special Delivery"TBDTBD ()
30"The Wedding Of Big Zack"Frank McDonaldTeleplay by : Raphael Hayes ()
31"The Renegade"TBDTBD ()
32"Trial By Fury"TBDTBD ()
33"Reclaim"TBDTBD ()
34"Ghost Of Caribou Ridge"Frank McDonaldTeleplay by : Joe Stone and Paul King ()
35"The Search"Frank McDonaldTeleplay by : John Meredyth Lucas ()

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Do You Remember... "Pony Express"".
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Ronald; Abbot, Doug (April 23, 2008). 50 Years of The Television Western. AuthorHouse. p. 181. ISBN 978-1434359254.
  3. 1 2 "Pony Express (1959)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
  4. ↑ Marill, Alvin H. (2011). Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags and Sidewinders. Scarecrow Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8108-8132-7.
  5. ↑ "Pony Express". Classic TV Archives. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ Erikson, Hal (November 5, 2001). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years 1947-1987. McFarland & Company. p. 181. ISBN 978-0786411986.
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