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Genre
  
Western

Production
  
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Country
  
United States

Director
  
John Waters

Story by
  
Ward Wing

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Overland Telegraph movie poster
Release date
  
March 2, 1929 (1929-03-02)

Writer
  
Harry Sinclair Drago (titles), George C. Hull, Edward J. Meagher (adaptation), Ward Wing (story)

Screenplay
  
Harry Sinclair Drago, George C. Hull, Edward J. Meagher

Cast
  
Dorothy Janis
(Dorothy),
Tim McCoy
(Captain Allen),
Chief John Big Tree
(Medicine Man),
Frank Rice
(Easy),
Clarence Geldart
(Major Hammond)

Similar movies
  
The Law of the Range (1928)

The Overland Telegraph is a 1929 American Western silent film directed by John Waters and written by Harry Sinclair Drago, George C. Hull and Edward J. Meagher. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Janis, Frank Rice, Lawford Davidson, Clarence Geldart and Chief John Big Tree. The film was released on March 2, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Cast

  • Tim McCoy as Captain Allen
  • Dorothy Janis as Dorothy
  • Frank Rice as Easy
  • Lawford Davidson as Briggs
  • Clarence Geldart as Major Hammond
  • Chief John Big Tree as Medicine Man

    • Preservation

  • The film was preserved by MGM and a copy donated for preservation to George Eastman House.

    • References

    The Overland Telegraph Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Overland Telegraph IMDb