Roar of the Iron Horse

Roar of the Iron Horse
Roar of the Iron Horse
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet; Thomas Carr
Written by	George H. Plympton; Sherman L. Lowe; Royal K. Cole
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Jock Mahoney
Narrated by	Knox Manning
Cinematography	Fayte Brown
Edited by	Earl Turner
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 31, 1951;
Running time	260 minutes; (15 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Roar of the Iron Horse is a 1951 American Western Serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr and starring Jock Mahoney and Virginia Herrick.

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 Mahoney as Jim Grant (as Jock O'Mahoney)
Virginia Herrick as Carol Lane
William Fawcett as Rocky
Harold Landon as Tom Lane (as Hal Landon)
Jack Ingram as Homer Lathrop
Mickey Simpson as Cal - Henchman
George Eldredge as Karl Ulrich- aka The Baron
Myron Healey as Ace -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]
Rusty Wescoatt as Scully - Lathrop's Foreman
Frank Ellis as Bat - Henchman
Pierce Lyden as Erv Hopkins - Henchman
Dick Curtis as Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman
Hugh Prosser as Lefty - Henchman [Chs.1-4,7-9]

Critical reception

Cline writes that Roar of the Iron Horse was an outstanding release of 1951.^[1]

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
Redskin's Revenge
Plunge of Peril
The Law Takes Over
When Killers Meet
The End of the Trail

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References

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 40. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 251–252. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Preceded by Pirates of the High Seas (1950)	Columbia Serial Roar of the Iron Horse (1951)	Succeeded by Mysterious Island (1951)

[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 40. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 251–252. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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