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The Overland Telegraph

03/02/1929

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1hr 0min

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Western

STORY

At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland telegraph, Indians, who fear the wires, kill some of the linesmen. In response, Major Hammond, who oversees the troops, requests that President Abraham Lincoln send twenty thousand more soldiers to come to his aid. Lincoln grants Hammond's request, and sends along Capt. Allen, who is knowledgeable about Indians. At his new post, Allen discovers that a Confederate spy has been fomenting trouble with the Indians. Allen eventually uncovers the spy, makes peace with the Indians and wins the love of Dorothy, a young woman who lives at the post.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tim McCoy
  • Dorothy Janis
  • Frank Rice
  • Lawford Davidson
  • Clarence Geldart

    Director

  • John Waters

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • No Language

Cast

Tim McCoy

Captain Allen

Dorothy Janis

Dorothy

Frank Rice

Easy

Lawford Davidson

Briggs

Clarence Geldart

Major Hammond

Chief John Big Tree

Medecine Man

Joseph Mills

Abraham Lincoln