California Mail (1936)
THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH!
The Pony Express is finished as the Post Office plans to award the mail contract to a stage line. Bill and his father put in a bid for the mail, however there are three bids close together. The officials will run a race to pick the winner, and the Banton Brothers sabotage Bill's stage. Mary still believes in Bill until they try to get rid of him by holding up the regular stage with his well-known horse. Bill needs proof to clear himself and expose the bad guys.
- Date of release
- 1936-11-14
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Noel M. Smith
Casting
- Dick Foran — Bill Harkins
- Linda Perry — Mary Tolliver
- Smoke — Smoke
- Edmund Cobb — Roy Banton
- Milton Kibbee — Bart Banton
- Tom Brower — Sam Harkins
- Jim Farley — Dan Tolliver
- Edward Keane — Thompson
- Ben Hendricks Jr. — Deputy Pete Nelson
- Wilfred Lucas — Sheriff
- Cliff Saum — Man Taking Bets
- Gene Alsace — Jim
Interesting facts
California Mail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. The film stars Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Edmund Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower and James Farley. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 14, 1936. It was the fourth of 12 B-westerns Foran made for the studio over a two-year period, and is noteworthy for giving ubiquitous bit player Cobb a rare co-starring role as the chief villain. Roy Rogers makes an early, uncredited appearance as the square dance caller.
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