Pony Express

I'll be brief here. This is what we called "inspired by real events" in the film production world, which I spent 29 years. The only thing in this movie that is NOT fiction, is the event, the creation of the Pony Express, and a couple of names, Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. In reality, Cody was 14, not Heston's age of 29. And Hickok was 15, not Forrest Tucker's 34. And their colorful names had not yet been established. Two fictional characters in the film are the Hastings siblings who opposed the Pony Express when in reality, the B. F. Hastings building was the western terminus in Sacramento, California. And while there were indeed issues with bandits and Indians, the Pony Express ended after only 18 months because it wasn't financially feasible and the telegraph was finally completed to the west coast. Still, if you like westerns, it worth watching at least once just to watch Heston, Tucker. Jan Sterling and Ronda Fleming.