The Iron Horse (1924)
Directed by John Ford · 149 min · Western, Drama, History, Romance
32.9 TOPICAL score · #3,283 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.
The Iron Horse (1924, directed by John Ford) has a TOPICAL score of 32.9 - ranked 3,283 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 75% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.2/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.8/10 (82 ratings) · IMDb 7.2/10. Wikipedia covers it in 29 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics75% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.2/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.8/10 (82 ratings) · IMDb 7.2/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 29 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read2,217 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: George O'Brien (actor #1,083), Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick