An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Acting
Beery's baffling charisma makes you root for a literal mail thief.
Writing
The orphan thinks his dad's killer is awesome. Script commits to this.
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Wallace Beery
Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
Marjorie Main
Clementine 'Tina' Tucker
J. Carrol Naish
Signor Michel O'Sullivan
Darryl Hickman
Tommy Gargan
William Haade
Red Gargan
Dick Curtis
Jim Swade
Hobart Cavanaugh
Gospel Jones
Joe Yule
Barky
King Baggot
Old Miner
Wade Boteler
Doctor
George M. Carleton
Pastor
Mary Currier
Mother of Boy in Church
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main were a popular screen team; this was their sixth film together. Studio kept pairing them because audiences loved their chaotic energy.
The title 'Jackass Mail' refers to actual mule-delivered mail in remote Western territories—a real, dying service when this was made. The film treats horse theft as more serious than murder.
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