California Mail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley.

The film stars Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Edmund Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower and James Farley.

[1][2] It was the fourth of 12 B-westerns Foran made for the studio over a two-year period, and is noteworthy for giving ubiquitous bit player Cobb a rare co-starring role as the chief villain.

As the Pony Express era is ending, Pony Express rider Bill Harkins, a resident of Gold Creek, is told by his father, Sam Harkins, that the government is terminating their contract, in favor of offering bids to stage coach lines.

Roy Banton and his gang ambush Bill on his return to Gold Creek and assume he has been killed.

Roy's henchman, Frank Wyatt, riding Smoke, robs a stagecoach in which Mary's father, Dan Tolliver, is a passenger.

Bill and Sam, with the bank's approval, plan to send a fake gold shipment in order to draw out the robbers.