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The Iron Horse is a american film of genre Historical directed by John Ford released in USA on 24 august 1924 with George O'Brien

The Iron Horse (1924)

The Iron Horse
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Released in USA 24 august 1924
Length 2h13
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Historical,    Western
Rating71% 3.589883.589883.589883.589883.58988

The Iron Horse is a 1924 American Western silent film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. In 2011, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Synopsis

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. There is a note in the title before this scene that the two original locomotives from the 1869 event are used in the film, although this is false - both engines (Union Pacific No. 119 and Jupiter) were scrapped before 1910. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy.

Actors

George O'Brien

(Davy Brandon)Madge Bellamy

(Miriam Marsh)J. Farrell MacDonald

(Corporal Casey)Cyril Chadwick

(Jesson)Will Walling

(Thomas Marsh)
And :
George Waggner
Fred Kohler
George Brent
James A. Marcus
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