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This John Ford silent Western stars George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. An epic Wild West tale, THE IRON HORSE follows the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, and is particularly interesting as a document of early American cinema. Read more

Starring	George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, George Waggner
Director	John Ford
Genres	Action/Adventure

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Starring	George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, George Waggner
Director	John Ford
Studio	EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Wild Westerns
Genres	Action/Adventure
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1924 To Rent: DVD: Unavailable for rental To Buy: DVD: 24 Jun 2002

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- The epic silent Western, made as Fox's response to The Covered Wagon and effortlessly surpassing it. A paean to Lincoln... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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  An historical Gem
  
  A huge silent epic showing the trials and tribulations of building America's Trans-contintal railway in the 1860's. I suspect much of the 'human ... read more »
  
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  - John Marks
  - England
  - 01 Feb 2005 at 15:07
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  The Greatest (Silent) Story Ever Told
  
  I don't think I've ever seen this film appear on those lists of Best Film Ever Made, but in a lifetime of watching great movies, I can't remember ... read more »
  
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  - Kew, Richmond
  - 29 Feb 2012 at 11:31
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  MAGIC
  
  Everything I thought it would be!
  
  Pure Magic.
  
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- - Jim
  - Scotland
  - 31 Jul 2006 at 01:13
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  Patriotic Early Ford Western
  
  Very early John Ford western, don't bother looking for John Wayne here! "The Iron Horse" tells the story of the building of the railroad across ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Jun 2005 at 16:16
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Nobody could make something out of nothing the way that Sergio Leone could. Just look at the first ten minutes of Once Upon a Time in the West: a fistful of tough hombres in ankle-length dusters are waiting for a train at a railway depot out in the middle of nowhere. Their faces are familiar yet strange: Woody Strode and Jack Elam are veteran Hollywood cowboys, with dozens of movies under their belts. But they have never been filmed like this before, gazed at so long or so longingly. Leone... Read more
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  This John Ford silent Western stars George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. An epic Wild West tale, THE IRON HORSE follows the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, and is particularly interesting as a document of early American cinema....