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THE WEDDING OF THE RAILS! ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST THRILLING HISTORICAL DEEDS--THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE FOR THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD - The Iron Horse
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Title: The Iron Horse

Release Date: 24 Aug 1924

Runtime: 2h 29m

Genre: Western

Director: Fox Film Corporation

Production Companies: Fox Film Corporation

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.

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Average Vote: 6.7 (65 votes)

Cast

  • Davy Brandon: George O’Brien
  • Miriam Marsh: Madge Bellamy
  • Abraham Lincoln: Charles Edward Bull
  • Jesson: Cyril Chadwick
  • Thomas Marsh: Will Walling
  • Sergeant Slattery: Francis Powers
  • Corporal Casey: J. Farrell MacDonald
  • Private Mackay: Jim Welch
  • Buffalo Bill: George Waggner
  • Bauman: Fred Kohler
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