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The Tornado (1917)
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.
Updated May 31 2020
Cast
Jean Hathaway
Jack's mother
Duke Worne
Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang
Peter Gerald
Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
John Duffy
Slick - Jack's partner
Elsie Thornton
Bess - Jack's daughter
Crew
John Ford
Director
John Ford
Writer
Francis Ford
Story
Grace Cunard
Story
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