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The Iron Horse is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. It was a major milestone in Ford's career, and his lifelong connection to the western film genre. It was Ford's first major film, in part because the hastily planned production went over budget, as Fox was making a hurried response to the ...
The Iron Horse: Directed by John Ford. With George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick. After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- John Ford
- 1925-10-04
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Dec 27, 2019 · This is a fully high definition version of John Ford's Western epic, starring George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. I do not own the rights to the film, nor am I...
- 150 min
- 1051
- André Bourbeau
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.
Dec 2, 2023 · The Iron Horse is a deeply complicated film. On one hand, it is a rousing stroke of technical virtuosity and a convicted celebration of the diversity at America's core. On the other hand, it is a ...
Cinematography: Geirge Schneiderman. Production: Fox Film Corporation (United States) Starring: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull. Year: 8/1924 Duration: 150'. A romanticised view of the completion of the first American transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad Companies between 1863 and 1869.