Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

This was a TV movie made at a time when Western's were popular and of course the brief 18 months of the Pony Express' existence didn't stop it becoming immortalized in American culture as part of the taming of the West. The movie also portrays the time honored theme of the boy-to-man transition featuring 15 year old Peter Lundy (Leif Garrett) straining to break free from his gruff and unyielding father Jethro Lundy (Mitchell Ryan).

This film, made for television, and for an audience of children, was initially titled THE MEDICINE HAT STALLION, for its video release as ROUGH RIDER, and revolves about the newly organized Pony Express, immediately before the outbreak of hostilities that launched the War Between The States, with its plot focussing upon a 15 year old boy, Peter Lundy (Leif Garrett), who lives at his father's trading post in Nebraska Territory, including his adventures after he leaves his home to pledge loyalty to the fledgling mail delivery service. Young Peter yearns to break loose from beneath the control of his stern father Jethro (Mitchell Ryan), who operates the trading post on the North Platte River, and when an opportunity comes to be an Express rider, he takes it despite the disapproval of his sire.