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The Iron Horse

The Iron Horse

Western Drama Romance

1925, Movie, 2h 29min

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.

Country: United States

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Cast:

J. Farrell MacDonald,

Edward Peil Sr.,

George Waggner,

Charles Stevens

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10.0

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Critic David Parkinson

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10

...not just a rousing adventure, but also a cinematic landmark.

Read full review at Empire

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Iron Horse include The Passion of Joan of Arc, October (Ten Days that Shook the World), The Beloved Rogue, The Ten Commandments, Abraham Lincoln, Anna Boleyn (1920).

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The Iron Horse was released in theaters on August 24, 1924.