The Tornado (1917)

ALL 03/03/1917 (en) Western 30 Min
  • Release
    03/03/1917
  • Production
    Bison Motion Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    The Tornado
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The Tornado mostly followed pulp Western formula -- bad guys hold up a town, take a girl hostage, and the hero rides to the rescue. But there were a couple of twists that made it seem more personal than the usual cowboy fare. Ford's Jack Dayton ... is known as "the No-Gun Man" because he faces the villains unarmed, anticipating the character played by James Stewart in George Marshall's 1939 Western comedy classic Destry Rides Again. Dayton is an immigrant who uses the reward money to bring over his mother (Jean Hathaway) from Ireland, a prototypically Fordian situation if there ever was one.

  1. John Ford

    Director

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. John Ford

    Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

  2. Jean Hathaway

    Jack's mother

  3. Peter Gerald

    Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)

  4. Elsie Thornton

    Bess - Jack's daughter

  5. Duke Worne

    Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang

  6. John Duffy

    Slick - Jack's partner

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 4

Keyword

The Tornado (1917) 30 Min

ALL 03/03/1917 (en)
Western
  • Release 03/03/1917
  • Production
    Bison Motion Pictures
  • Original title The Tornado
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The Tornado mostly followed pulp Western formula -- bad guys hold up a town, take a girl hostage, and the hero rides to the rescue. But there were a couple of twists that made it seem more personal than the usual cowboy fare. Ford's Jack Dayton ... is known as "the No-Gun Man" because he faces the villains unarmed, anticipating the character played by James Stewart in George Marshall's 1939 Western comedy classic Destry Rides Again. Dayton is an immigrant who uses the reward money to bring over his mother (Jean Hathaway) from Ireland, a prototypically Fordian situation if there ever was one.

  1. John Ford

    Director

  2. Grace Cunard, Francis Ford

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer