Rent The Iron Horse (1924)
3.6 of 5 from 66 ratings
2h 14min
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- Synopsis:
- The Iron Horse was John Ford's 50th film and remains his most celebrated of the silent era. Its theme of enterprise and achievement, its open-air locations and setting in a vigorous and pioneering past proved just the subject to stimulate the young director's talent. The sheer scale of the film surpassed all other Westerns of the silent era, and established Ford as one of the leading directors in the industry. The film combines a conventional tale of double-dealing, vengeance and romance with a poetic sense of history, and an epic theme - uniting a nation by building a transcontinental railroad, and a great man's dream realised by the courage, skill and labour of ordinary folk.
- Actors:
- George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling, Francis Powers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jim Welch, George Waggner, Fred Kohler, James A. Marcus, Gladys Hulette
- Directors:
- John Ford
- Writers:
- Charles Kenyon, John Russell
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics
- Collections:
- 21 Reasons to Love..Modern Westerns, A History of US Presidents in Cinema, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, Masters of Cinema, The Last Laugh: The Film That Changed Cinema, Top 10 Films About Trains: Westerns and War Movies
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Reviews (1) of The Iron Horse
John Ford Classic - The Iron Horse review by NO
Obviously dated but shows realistic Western settings.Quite funny in parts but disappointed that the film broke down in a final scene where Brandon is fighting
Bauman & skipped to the meeting of the Railroads.The outcome was apparent but I would have liked to have seen the missing bits.
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