Roar of the Iron Horse

Roar of the Iron Horse is a 1951 American Western Serial film directed for Columbia Pictures by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr and starring Jock Mahoney and Virginia Herrick.

Roar of the Iron Horse
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Thomas Carr
Produced bySam Katzman
Written byGeorge H. Plympton
Sherman L. Lowe
Royal K. Cole
StarringJock Mahoney
Narrated byKnox Manning
CinematographyFayte Brown
Edited byEarl Turner
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 31, 1951 (1951-05-31)
Running time
260 minutes
(15 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A railroad agent named Jim Grant opposes hard-nosed German, Karl Ulrich, called The Baron. Head of a strong ring in America, the infamous Baron was thwarted time and time again as he tried to sabotage the building of the transcontinental railroad with all the means to his scope, strategically bribing the local Indians into doing his dirty work.

Cast

Critical reception

Cline writes that Roar of the Iron Horse was an outstanding release of 1951.[1]

Chapter titles

  1. Indian Attack
  2. Captured by Redskins
  3. Trapped by Outlaws
  4. In the Baron's Stronghold
  5. A Ride for Life
  6. White Indians
  7. Fumes of Fate
  8. Midnight Marauders
  9. Raid of the Pay Train
  10. Trapped on a Trestle
  11. Redskin's Revenge
  12. Plunge of Peril
  13. The Law Takes Over
  14. When Killers Meet
  15. The End of the Trail

Source:[2]

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See also

References

  1. Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 40. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 251–252. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
Preceded by
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Columbia Serial
Roar of the Iron Horse (1951)
Succeeded by
Mysterious Island (1951)
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