do anyone remember the young rider television series . though that one get into the never never land of our old west mythology eventually at least it get it right about one thing . the pony express rider be in fact young teenage boy . william f. cody be all of 13 when he be rid for them . james butler hickok and later nickname wild bill and be in his early twenty . so when we see charlton heston do all he do a buffalo bill in this film pony express and he really play a thirteen year old living out a fantasy dream of have both rhonda fleming and jan sterling chase him . pony express may in fact be one of the last of that grand tradition of b western where famous character from the american frontier be take and put into plot that have nothing to do with reality . cody famous fight with cheyenne chief yellow hand be also include here although that in fact take place in the 1870s not in 1860. in this film and charlton heston and forrest tucker a wild bill hickok stumble upon a plot to detach california from the united state while the north and south sectional conflict edge closer to civil war . part of that plan be stop the pony express and it promise of quick mail delivery . rhonda fleming brother be part of the dastardly scheme and jan sterling play a calamity jane like character who have eye for cody and but cody have them for fleming . this film also mark the farewell appearance of porter hall who have a small role a another frontier character and legendary mountain man jim bridger . it possible that bridger and cody and and hickok may have all meet at the same time and but i doubt it be under the circumstance show . don not let the a list cast fool you . what you have in pony express be one of that die group of b western which be get a new life on television at this time .