The Tornado Trailer (1917)

03 March 1917 Western 30 mins

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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Cast

John Ford as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

Jean Hathaway as Jack's mother

Peter Gerald as Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)

Elsie Thornton as Bess - Jack's daughter

Duke Worne as Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang

John Duffy as Slick - Jack's partner

Crew

John Ford Director

Francis Ford Story

John Ford Writer

Grace Cunard Story

International Releases Dates

United States 03 March 1917

Production Companies

Bison Motion Pictures

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