The Tornado

Name: The Tornado
Cast: John Ford, Jean Hathaway, Peter Gerald, Elsie Thornton, Duke Worne

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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 & Crew

Director: John FordWriters: Francis Ford, Grace Cunard

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

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