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The Tornado

5.5/10
TMDB2 votes
Original: 30 min

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.

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About The Tornado

The Tornado (1917) is a film in the western genres. Directed by . The cast includes John Ford, Jean Hathaway, Peter Gerald, Elsie Thornton.

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Original language
Runtime
30 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Bison Motion Pictures
Directors
Writers
Grace Cunard, Francis Ford, John Ford

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What is The Tornado about?

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.

Who stars in The Tornado?

John Ford, Jean Hathaway, Peter Gerald, Elsie Thornton, Duke Worne, John Duffy. See the cast cards above for character names.

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