The Tornado (1917)
The Tornado
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
John Ford
as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
Jean Hathaway
as Jack's mother
as Jack's mother
Peter Gerald
as Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
as Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
Elsie Thornton
as Bess - Jack's daughter
as Bess - Jack's daughter
Duke Worne
as Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang
as Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang
John Duffy
as Slick - Jack's partner
as Slick - Jack's partner
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John Ford
Director
Director
Grace Cunard
Story
Story
Francis Ford
Story
Story
John Ford
Writer
Writer
