Movie
The Iron Horse
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1925-10-04
- Runtime
- 149 min
- Genres
- Western, Drama, History, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Film Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- George O'Brien as Davy Brandon
- Madge Bellamy as Miriam Marsh
- Charles Edward Bull as Abraham Lincoln
- Cyril Chadwick as Jesson
- Will Walling as Thomas Marsh
- Francis Powers as Sergeant Slattery
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Corporal Casey
- Jim Welch as Private Mackay
- George Waggner as Buffalo Bill
- Fred Kohler as Bauman
- James A. Marcus as Judge Haller
- Gladys Hulette as Ruby
Crew
- John Ford - Director
- Charles Darnton - Writer
- Charles Kenyon - Screenplay
- Charles Kenyon - Story
- John Russell - Story
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