The Tornado (1917)

The Tornado

Subtitles for: The Tornado (1917)

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.

Rateβ˜… 5.5/10 (2 votes)
GenreWestern
Duration0h 30m
CountryUnited States of America
Release03 Mar 1917
LanguageEN
DirectorJohn Ford
IMDbtt0008690 β†—
TypeMovie Released

Cast

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John FordJack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
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Jean HathawayJack's mother
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Peter GeraldPendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
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Elsie ThorntonBess - Jack's daughter
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Duke WorneLesparre - the lead of Cayote gang
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John DuffySlick - Jack's partner
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