The Iron Trail

The Iron Trail

70 mins | Adventure | Oct. 29, 1921

Alaskan railroad magnate Curtis Gordon hires engineer Dan Appleton to design a railroad route up the Salmon River to the rich gold country. Gordon turns down the engineer's proposed route in favor of his own, and Appleton quits. Murray O'Neil, a rival builder, hires him and falls in love with his sister Eliza, while Appleton courts Natalie, Gordon's stepdaughter. Following Appleton's plan, O'Neil lays the trail with a bridge crossing the river in face of Gordon's opposition.

The Iron Trail

70 mins | Adventure | Oct. 29, 1921

The Iron Trail
Alaskan railroad magnate Curtis Gordon hires engineer Dan Appleton to design a railroad route up the Salmon River to the rich gold country. Gordon turns down the engineer's proposed route in favor of his own, and Appleton quits. Murray O'Neil, a rival builder, hires him and falls in love with his sister Eliza, while Appleton courts Natalie, Gordon's stepdaughter. Following Appleton's plan, O'Neil lays the trail with a bridge crossing the river in face of Gordon's opposition.
Producers Bennett Pictures
Original title The Iron Trail
Directors Roy William Neill
Writers Dorothy Farnum, Rex Beach

Cast

Wyndham Standing

as Murray O'Neil

Thurston Hall

as Curtis Gordon

Reginald Denny

as Dan Appleton

Alma Tell

as Eliza Appleton

Harlan Knight

as Tom Slater

Betty Carpenter

as Natalie

Lee Beggs

as Dr. Cyrus Gray

Bert Starkey

as Denny

Eulalie Jensen

as Mrs. Gordon

Danny Hayes

as Linn