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The Tornado

Description: 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.

Genres: Western

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 30 minutes

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John Ford

Played Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

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Jean Hathaway

Played Jack's mother

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Peter Gerald

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

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Elsie Thornton

Played Bess - Jack's daughter

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Duke Worne

Played Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang

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John Duffy

Played Slick - Jack's partner

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