Roar of the Iron Horse
“THE HIGH ROAD TO EMPIRE! forged in blood...paved with hot lead...raging with mile-a-minute action!”
1951•4h 20m•8.0•Released
Western
Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial about the building of the transcontinental railroad. O'Mahoney played a railroad agent who uncovers the master criminal behind a series of sabotage attempts on the construction site.
Director
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writer
George H. Plympton, Sherman L. Lowe, Royal K. Cole
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Jock Mahoney
Jim Grant
Virginia Herrick
Carol Lane
William Fawcett
Rocky
Harold Landon
Tom Lane
Jack Ingram
Homer Lathrop
Mickey Simpson
Cal - Henchman
George Eldredge
Karl Ulrich- aka The Baron
Myron Healey
Ace -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]
Rusty Wescoatt
Scully - Lathrop's Foreman
Frank Ellis
Bat - Henchman
Pierce Lyden
Erv Hopkins - Henchman
Dick Curtis
Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman
Hugh Prosser
Lefty - Henchman [Chs.1-4,7-9]
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Sam Katzman
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