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The Tornado

The Tornado

Mar 03, 1917 30m
5.5
2 votes

Synopsis

The Tornado mostly followed pulp Western formula -- bad guys hold up a town, take a girl hostage, and the hero rides to the rescue. But there were a couple of twists that made it seem more personal than the usual cowboy fare. Ford's Jack Dayton ... is known as "the No-Gun Man" because he faces the villains unarmed, anticipating the character played by James Stewart in George Marshall's 1939 Western comedy classic Destry Rides Again. Dayton is an immigrant who uses the reward money to bring over his mother (Jean Hathaway) from Ireland, a prototypically Fordian situation if there ever was one.

Title The Tornado
Companies Bison Motion Pictures
Countries United States of America
Keywords
John Ford

John Ford

Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
Jean Hathaway

Jean Hathaway

Jack's mother
Peter Gerald

Peter Gerald

Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
Elsie Thornton

Elsie Thornton

Bess - Jack's daughter
Duke Worne

Duke Worne

Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang
John Duffy

John Duffy

Slick - Jack's partner

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