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Show previous starring roles for Doty-Dayton. The role of Rose of Sharon Kimgman, the wealthy rancher's daughter Stewart loves, is played by Maureen McCormick, one of the bright acting talents from television's famed series, "The Brady Bunch." Another star of television was chosen when Ken Curtis was selected as Jed Richardson, the Pony Express rider's father. Curtis portrayed Festus during 12 years on "Gunsmoke", another veteran of "Gun-smoke" "Gun-smoke" is Buck Taylor, who in "Pony Express Rider" has to reverse himself, from the likeable character of 'Newly' to portray the murderous son of a powerdriven rancher. To this starring cast were added three of Hollywood's most colorful character actors, ac-tors, Jack Elam, Slim Pickens and Dub Taylor. Two other stars, the noted stage and screen actor Henry Wilcoxon, who previously appeared in Doty-Daytons "Against a Crooked Sky," and Joan Caulfield (in an atypical appearance as a tough talking but good-hearted good-hearted saloon owner) com-plete com-plete the roster. Totten assembled his actors ac-tors and technicians in the wild country around Kerr-ville, Kerr-ville, Texas. There on the plains and high country he found the natural settings for the epic western saga. Tony Express Rider' Starts at Grove Theater Doty-Dayton Productions' "Pony Express Rider," a sprawling western adventure starring Steward Petersen, Buck Taylor, Maureen McCormick, Mc-Cormick, Ken Curtis, Joan Caulfield, Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Henry Wilcoxon and Jack Elam opens Wednesday November 24 at the Grove Theater. Robert Totten directed. Dan Greer and Hal Harrison, Jr. produced with Lyman Dayton as executive producer. The screen play was written by Dan Greer, Hal Harrison, Jr. and Robert Totten. Set in I860, "Pony Express Rider" recalls the extraordinary extraor-dinary courage of the young men recruited to ride half wild Mustangs in relays through Indian and outlaw territory, delivering the mail. The legend of the Pong Express riders daring young men atop sprinting horses, racing wildly across the West's expanding frontiei excited the imagination ol Americans right from the Pony Express' inception More than 100 years later, il inspired Doty-Daytoi Productions to fashion it; epic western about one o these riders, Jimmy D MOUNTS Stewart Petersen learns how to mount a galloping horse in "Pony Express Rider" which will be starting tonight at the Grove Theatre in Pleasant Grove. Richardson, who sets out to avenge the murder of his father and finds the glory of . the West's greatest adventure. adven-ture. Around the basic idea of r the pony riders, writers Dan Greer, Hal Harrison.Jr. and Robert Totten weave a story ', of family rivalries, young . love, betrayal and finally p revenge. They also reached a into the nation's history and found the tale of the Knights . of California the legion of j Confederate sympathizers 3 who tried to separate the f territories of Nevada and California from the Union so that their gold would belong to the South. This, too, is part of the story. Executive producer Lyman Dayton decided from the outset out-set that the director who could best handle the multi-faceted multi-faceted tale was Robert Totten, Tot-ten, credited with some of the most spectacular episodes of TV's "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanze," award-winner for "The Red Pony" and director of Walt Disney Production's "The Wild Country." The title role of Jimmy D., the Pony Express Rider, is played by sixteen-year-old Stewart Petersen who won critical acclaim and an audience following in three |