The Iron Horse (1925) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Ford.

Cast

• George O'Brien as Davy Brandon
• Madge Bellamy as Miriam Marsh
• Charles Edward Bull as Abraham Lincoln
• Cyril Chadwick as Jesson
• Will Walling as Thomas Marsh
• Francis Powers as Sergeant Slattery
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Corporal Casey
• Jim Welch as Private Mackay
• George Waggner as Buffalo Bill
• Fred Kohler as Bauman
• James A. Marcus as Judge Haller
• Gladys Hulette as Ruby
• Jean Arthur as Reporter (uncredited)
• Chief John Big Tree as Cheyenne Chief (uncredited)
• Winston Miller as Young Davy (uncredited)
• Chris Willow Bird as Indian (uncredited)
• Danny Borzage as Worker (uncredited)
• George Brent as Worker (uncredited)
• Milton Brown as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Thomas Carr as Rail Worker (uncredited)
• Peggy Cartwright as Miriam as a Girl (uncredited)
• Colin Chase as Tony - Italian Worker (uncredited)
• Harvey Clark as Dentist-Barber (uncredited)
• Elmer Dewey as Worker (uncredited)
• John Webb Dillion as Tall Woodsman in Prologue (uncredited)
• Thomas Durant as Jack Ganzhorn (uncredited)
• Bob Fleming as Worker (uncredited)
• Willie Fung as Chinaman (uncredited)
• Jack Ganzhorn as Thomas C. Durant (uncredited)
• James Gordon as David Brandon Sr (uncredited)
• James Gordon as David Brandon Sr (uncredited)
• Ed Jones as Henchman (uncredited)
• Tiny Jones as Tiny Woman Who Wants a Divorce (uncredited)
• Sid Jordan as Gunfighter (uncredited)
• Dick La Reno as Woker (uncredited)
• Delbert Mann as Charles Crocker (uncredited)
• Robert Milasch as Hell on Wheels Bartender (uncredited)
• Winston Miller as Davy as a Boy (uncredited)
• Pat Moriarity as Rail Worker (uncredited)
• Charles Newton as Collis P. Huntington (uncredited)

Crew

• Erno Rapee — Original Music Composer
• John Ford — Director
• George Schneiderman — Director of Photography
• John Ford — Producer
• Charles Kenyon — Screenplay
• Charles Darnton — Writer

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