''Overland Mail'' is a 1939 American
western film
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directed by
Robert F. Hill
Robert F. Hill (April 14, 1886 – March 18, 1966) was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Career
Bob Hill began his screen career in 1915 at Universal Pictures. In those early days, members of film crews were sometimes c ...
and starring
Jack Randall,
Vince Barnett
Vince Barnett (July 4, 1902 – August 10, 1977) was an American film actor. He appeared on stage originally before appearing in more than 230 films between 1930 and 1975.
Early years
Barnett was born July 4, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
and
Dennis Moore.
[Pitts p.242] It was produced and distributed by
Monogram Pictures
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which specialized in low-budget
second feature
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s, particularly westerns.
Synopsis
Two
overland mail
Butterfield Overland Mail (officially the Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991. was a stagecoach service i ...
riders discover that a
Native American uprising is likely due to the death of one of the tribe at the hands of townspeople. They discover that a gang of
counterfeiter
To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value tha ...
s are behind the murder and turn over their leader to the Indian chief.
Cast
*
Jack Randall as Jack Mason
*
Vince Barnett
Vince Barnett (July 4, 1902 – August 10, 1977) was an American film actor. He appeared on stage originally before appearing in more than 230 films between 1930 and 1975.
Early years
Barnett was born July 4, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
as Porchy
* Jean Joyce as Mary Martin
*
Tristram Coffin as Joe Polini
*
George Cleveland
George Alan Cleveland (September 17, 1885 – July 15, 1957) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1930 and 1954.
Career
Cleveland was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. His first appearance on the stag ...
as Frank Porter - aka Saunders
*
Dennis Moore as Duke Evans
*
Glenn Strange
George Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor who mostly appeared in Western films and was billed as Glenn Strange. He is best remembered for playing Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films d ...
as Sheriff Dawson
*
Jimmie Fox
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* Jimmie Åkesson (born 1979), Swedish politician
* Jimmie Allen (born 1986), American country music singer
* Jimmie ...
as Pat - Storekeeper
*
Maxine Leslie
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* Maxine Andrews (1916–1995), member of The Andrews Sisters singing trio
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as Blondie
*
Hal Price
Harry Franklin "Hal" Price (June 24, 1886 – April 15, 1964) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of character actress and comedian Lu Leonard.
On stage, Price ...
as Lugo
*
Merrill McCormick
William Merrill McCormick (February 5, 1892 – August 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1916 and 1953.
William Merrill McCormick was born on February 5, 1892, in Denver, Colorado.
McCormick ap ...
as Buck - Henchman
*
Joe Garcio
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Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
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as Squint - Henchman
*
Harry Semels
Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946.
Career
Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ...
as Pancho
*
Iron Eyes Cody
Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an American actor of Italian descent who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as ''Chief Iron Eyes'' in Bob Hope's '' The Paleface'' (1948) ...
as Indian Chief
References
Bibliography
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.
External links
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1939 films
1939 Western (genre) films
1930s English-language films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Robert F. Hill
Monogram Pictures films
1930s American films
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