(The Tornado)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Western

Runtime:

30 minutes

Year:

1917

Directors:

John Ford

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Production companies:

Bison Motion Pictures

Actors:

Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

Jack's mother

Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)

Bess - Jack's daughter

Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang

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