The Iron Horse

The Iron Horse

150 mins | Western | Aug. 24, 1924

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.

The Iron Horse

150 mins | Western | Aug. 24, 1924

The Iron Horse
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title The Iron Horse
Directors John Ford
Writers Charles Kenyon, John Russell

Cast

George O’Brien

as Davy Brandon

Madge Bellamy

as Miriam Marsh

Charles Edward Bull

as Abraham Lincoln

Cyril Chadwick

as Jesson

Will Walling

as Thomas Marsh

Francis Powers

as Sergeant Slattery

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Corporal Casey

Jim Welch

as Private Mackay

George Waggner

as Buffalo Bill

Fred Kohler

as Bauman

James A. Marcus

as Judge Haller

Gladys Hulette

as Ruby

Jean Arthur

as Reporter

Chief John Big Tree

as Cheyenne Chief

Winston Miller

as Young Davy