Synopsis
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank LloydDirector
- Paul SchofieldScreenplay
- Gerald GeraghtyScreenplay
- Frederick J. JacksonScreenplay
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joel McCreaRamsay MacKay
- Bob BurnsHank York, a wanderer
- Frances DeeJustine Pryor
- Lloyd NolanDal Slade
- Henry O'NeillHenry Wells
- Mary NashMrs. Pryor
- Ralph MorganNicholas Pryor
- Johnny Mack BrownTalbot Carter
- Porter HallJames Oliver
- Jack ClarkWilliam Fargo
- Clarence KolbJohn Butterfield
- Robert CummingsDan Trimball, prospector
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Themes
gold rushhistorical fictiontrainamerican civil warstagecoach driver