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Language
  
English

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IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
United States


Director
  
Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr

Writer
  
George H. Plympton
,
Sherman L. Lowe
,
Royal K. Cole

Release date
  
May 5, 1951 (1951-05-05)

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

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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

  • Jock O'Mahoney as Jim Grant
  • Virginia Herrick as Carol Lane
  • William Fawcett as Rocky
  • Hal Landon as Tom Lane
  • Jack Ingram as Homer Lathrop
  • Mickey Simpson as Cal
  • George Eldred as Karl Ulrich/The Baron
  • Myron Healey as Ace
  • Rusty Wescoatt as Scully
  • Frank Ellis as Beefy
  • Pierce Lyden as Erv Hopkins
  • Dick Curtis as Campo
  • Hugh Prosser as Lefty
  • Tommy Farrell as Del
  • Bud Osborne as Outlaw
  • Rick Vallin as White Eagle

    • Critical reception

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

    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

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    References

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