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  Dorothy Dwan and Tom Mix.
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The Great K & A
Train Robbery

(1926) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4800 feet
Directed by Lewis Seiler

Cast: Tom Mix [Tom Gordon], Dorothy Dwan [Madge Cullen], William Walling [Eugene Cullen], Harry Grippe [DeLuxe Harry], Carl Miller [Burton Holt], Edward Piel [Bill Tolfree, the bandit leader], Curtis McHenry [Snowball, Cullen’s butler], Duke Morrison (John Wayne) [extra], Tony the horse

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Lewis Seiler Production]. / Executive producer, William Fox. Scenario by John Stone, from the novel The Great K & A Train Robbery by Paul Leicester Ford. Assistant director, Wynn Mace. Photographed (cinematography) by Daniel Clark (Daniel B. Clark). Titles (intertitles written) by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 5 October 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP23193]. Released 17 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some location photography was shot in Royal Gorge, Colorado.

Comedy-Drama: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Crime: Robbery (Train) - Criminals: Bandits - Railroads - Transportation: Trains - USA: Colorado: Royal Gorge - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 3 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Everson-American p. 251; Limbacher-Feature p. 98; Maltin-Classic p. 267; Norris-Mix p. 185; Sweeney-Coming p. 105 : ClasIm-301 p. 10 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Edward Slonina.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.

 
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