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The Iron Horse (1924) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1924 · 149 mins
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- Directed by
- John Ford
- Starring
- Delbert Mann, George Brent, George O'Brien, Jean Arthur, Willie Fung, J. Farrell MacDonald
Brandon, a driven surveyor, dreams of opening a western railway. He and his son Davy set out to chart a route and discover a pass that could cut 200 miles from the planned line. Their progress is halted when a Cheyenne war party ambushes them; a one‑handed white renegade kills and scalps Brandon, leaving Davy alone to continue the quest.
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