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Overland Mail

"15 chapters of thundering thrills!"

1942

4h 39m

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Western

Overview

Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.

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56 members

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Lon Chaney Jr.

Jim Lane

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Helen Parrish

Barbara Gilbert

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Noah Beery Jr.

Sierra Pete

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Don Terry

Buckskin Billy Burke

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Bob Baker

Bill Cody [Chs.1,14]

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Noah Beery

Frank Chadwick (as Noah Beery Sr.)

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Tom Chatterton

Tom Gilbert

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Charles Stevens

Puma - Henchman

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Robert Barron

Charles Darson

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Harry Cording

Sam Gregg - Henchman

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Marguerite De La Motte

Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]

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Ben Taggart

Lamont [Chs. 7-8]

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Jack Rockwell

Slade - Hired Gunman [Chs. 8-9]

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Riley Hill

Mack - Henchman (as Roy Harris)

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Carleton Young

Lem - Henchman

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Ethan Laidlaw

Jake - Henchman

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Jack Rube Clifford

Sheriff Tyler

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Chief Many Treaties

Chief Black Cloud

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Chief Thundercloud

Chief Many Moons

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Roy Bucko

Townsman

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Horace B. Carpenter

Post Defender

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Jack Casey

Stageline Employee

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Iron Eyes Cody

Indian

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J.W. Cody

Indian

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Jim Corey

Lynch Mob Member

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William Desmond

Williams - Banker

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Art Dillard

Townsman

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Curley Dresden

Man in Cafe

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Frank Ellis

Townsman

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William Gould

Col. Medford

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Henry Hall

Mr. Crabtree

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Chick Hannan

Posseman at Cave

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George Hazel

Stageline Employee

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James Pier Mason

Man in Cafe

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Bud McClure

Townsman

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William Moss

Ben Briston - Wagonmaster

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Buck Moulton

Townsman

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Charles Murphy

Townsman

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Bill Nestell

Man in Cafe

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Dave O'Donnell

Cavalry Orderly

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Jack O'Shea

Freighter

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Artie Ortego

Indian / Townsman

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Tex Palmer

Townsman / Phony Indian

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Frank Pershing

Captain Hinton

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Charles R. Phipps

Dr. Burnside

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Ruth Rickaby

Minnie - the Hag

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George Sherwood

Lt. Turner

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Tom Steele

Pony Express Rider

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Al Taylor

Man in Cafe

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Forrest Taylor

Taylor

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Ray Teal

Phony Indian

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Harry Tenbrook

Miles - Stage Driver

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Blackjack Ward

Wrangler

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Blackie Whiteford

Bartender

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Billy Wilkerson

Indian

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Henry Wills

Wagon Man

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