Roar of the Iron Horse

Infobox Film
name = Roar of the Iron Horse


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director = Spencer Gordon Bennett
Thomas Carr
producer = Sam Katzman
writer = George H. Plympton
Sherman L. Lowe
Royal K. Cole
(story/screenplay)
narrator = Knox Manning
starring = Jock O'Mahoney
Virginia Herrick
William Fawcett
Hal Landon
music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff
(musical director)
John Leipold (original music)
cinematography = Fayte Brown (B&W)
editing = Earl Turner
distributor = flagicon|USA Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|USA May 5, 1951
runtime = 15 episodes
260 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Pirates of the High Seas"
followed_by = "Mysterious Island"
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amg_id = 1:145955
imdb_id = 0043974

"Roar of the Iron Horse" (1951) was the 45th serial released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

"Roar of the Iron Horse" had hero Jock Mahoney in his first leading role, playing Jim Grant, a railroad agent, opposing a typical hardfaced German, George Eldred, 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. Mahoney was an ideal choice to play the lead character, and the role marked the beginning of a long and rewarding association with Columbia Pictures.

Cast

Chapter titles

# Indian Attack
# Captured by Redskins
# Trapped by Outlaws
# In the Baron's Stronghold
# A Ride for Life
# White Indians
# Fumes of Fate
# Midnight Marauders
# Raid of the Pay Train
# Trapped on a Trestle
# Redskins' Revenge
# Plunge of Peril
# The Law Takes Over
# When Killer Meet
# The End of the Trail

ee also

*List of film serials by year
*List of film serials by studio

ources

* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:145955 AllMovie.com]
* [http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/44279/ Cinefania.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043974/ IMDb entry]

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title=Columbia Serial
before="Pirates of the High Seas" (1950)
years="Roar of the Iron Horse" (1951)
after="Mysterious Island" (1951)