Movies Similar to Pony Express Rider

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

Hidalgo(2004)

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...

Trigger Smith(1939)

A cowboy goes after a gang of stagecoach robbers who murdered his brother.

Riders of the Pony Express(1949)

In a rigged gunfight Tom Blake is forced to shoot a man in self defense and is then hunted for murder. After a long trip fleeing the posse he uses a false name and joins the Pony Express which is just about to commence operatons. Relegated to the most dangerous section of the route, he finds himself fighting the District Manager's scheme to sabotage the inital run. But just then a wanted poster with his picture on it arrives.

Ned Kelly(1970)

Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.

Winds of the Wasteland(1936)

The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.

Desert Mesa(1935)

A jobless cowpuncher rides into Cottonwood, Arizona in search of the man who swindled his father.

The Able-Minded Lady(1922)

An easy-going cowboy is forced to work on the ranch of a bossy 'able-minded' three-time widow who has designs on him.

Trail Blazers(2022)

A band of siblings who were once robbers, thieves and killers of the west, decide to fulfill their fathers dying wish of abandoning their life of crime and pursuing the path of the holy. A post-apocalyptic Western about a divinely inspired family that must battle the most horrific forces of evil, testing their faith and evolving each one of them.

Stagecoach War(1940)

Hoppy is busy chasing stagecoach bandits who sing as they rob.

Ride, Vaquero!(1953)

Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their Texas border territory.

Dollars for a Fast Gun(1966)

In a desert region, Martin, bound to a wheelchair, is served by a gang of desperados to collect rents and kill anybody who resists. Then Lassiter arrives, telling Martin that he knows where Frank is, the man who made him a cripple. A reward is promised for his head. Then Frank smells danger... Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net

Cutter's Trail(1970)

The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.

Ride, Ryder, Ride!(1949)

Riding the plains with Little Beaver and Buckskin Blodgett, Red Ryder encounters bandits trying to hold up the stagecoach carrying Libby Brooks, owner of the Devil's Hole newspaper

Lightcatcher(2017)

In a world full of Falcon bandits, Cowboy Lightcatcher has to go on a quest to get back what was stolen from him.

Anatomy of a Duel(2025)

Last of the Pony Riders(1953)

Ex-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way to stage coach mail and the telegraph. Gene's last film appearance as a singing cowboy.

Pony Express Days(1940)

In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot.

Comin' 'Round the Mountain(1936)

His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.

The Plainsman and the Lady(1946)

Film about the early days of the Pony Express and the crooked businessman who opposed it.