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Neighbour to the pre-presidential Abe Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, young Davy Brandon accompanies his father westward to realise the elder’s dream of a rail line bridging the ends of the continent. Years after Brandon Sr.’s murder and scalping by a two-fingered Cheyenne half-breed, the adult David (played by George O’Brien, three years before his lead role in Sunrise, here in the first of ten films he made with Ford) joins in the effort now underway to lay track and accommodate “the iron horse”. Once more stir the blood and butterflies of Davy’s past as Ford guides his characters’ fates towards final convergence, like the merging of the tracks from east and west.With its expressive compositional prowess, incredible stunt work, and generous humour, The Iron Horse anticipates the bounteous universe that Ford would go on to calibrate perfectly in his greatest works.
Original Release
08/24/1924
US Release
08/24/1924
Cast
Name | Character |
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George O'Brien | Dave Brandon / Davy Brandon |
Madge Bellamy | Miriam Marsh |
Charles Edward Bull | Abraham Lincoln |
Cyril Chadwick | Jesson |
Will Walling | Thomas Marsh |
Francis Powers | Sgt. Slattery / Sergeant Slattery |
J. Farrell MacDonald | Cpl. Casey / Corporal Casey |
Jim Welch | Pvt. Schultz / Pvt. Mackay / Private Mackay |
George Waggner | Buffalo Bill Cody / Buffalo Bill |
Fred Kohler | Deroux / Bauman |
Directors
Writers
Charles Kenyon, John Russell, Charles Darnton
Cast
Name | Character |
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George O'Brien | Dave Brandon / Davy Brandon |
Madge Bellamy | Miriam Marsh |
Charles Edward Bull | Abraham Lincoln |
Cyril Chadwick | Jesson |
Will Walling | Thomas Marsh |
Francis Powers | Sgt. Slattery / Sergeant Slattery |
J. Farrell MacDonald | Cpl. Casey / Corporal Casey |
Jim Welch | Pvt. Schultz / Pvt. Mackay / Private Mackay |
George Waggner | Buffalo Bill Cody / Buffalo Bill |
Fred Kohler | Deroux / Bauman |
James A. Marcus | Judge Haller |
Gladys Hulette | Ruby |
Chief John Big Tree | Cheyenne Chief |
Chris Willow Bird | Indian |
Danny Borzage | Worker |
George Brent | Worker / Extra |
Milton Brown | Minor Role |
Thomas Carr | Rail Worker |
Peggy Cartwright | Miriam as a Girl |
Colin Chase | Tony - Italian Worker |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Patrick Stanbury | Executive Producer |
John Ford | Producer |
Kevin Brownlow | Producer |
David Gill | Producer |