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The Iron Horse (1925)
Directed by John Ford
“THE WEDDING OF THE RAILS! ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST THRILLING HISTORICAL DEEDS--THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE FOR THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD”
Western, Drama, History, Romance · 2h 29m
Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.
Cast
George O'Brien
Davy Brandon
Madge Bellamy
Miriam Marsh
C
Charles Edward Bull
Abraham Lincoln
Cyril Chadwick
Jesson
Will Walling
Thomas Marsh
F
Francis Powers
Sergeant Slattery
J. Farrell MacDonald
Corporal Casey
J
Jim Welch
Private Mackay
George Waggner
Buffalo Bill
Fred Kohler
Bauman
James A. Marcus
Judge Haller
Gladys Hulette
Ruby
Crew
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenplay
- Charles Kenyon
- Writer
- Charles Darnton
- Director of Photography
- George Schneiderman
- Original Music Composer
- Erno Rapee
- Producer
- John Ford
Details
- Release date
- 1925-10-04
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- Genres
- Western, Drama, History, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Fox Film Corporation