The Great K & A Train Robbery
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| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Starring | Tom Mix Dorothy Dwan |
| Release date(s) | 1926 |
| Running time | 53 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
The Great K & A Train Robbery is a 1926 American western film directed by Lewis Seiler. Starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The story is based upon the actual foiling of a train robbery by Dick Gordon as related by Paul Leicester Ford in his book The Great K & A Train Robbery originally published as a serial in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1896.[1][2]
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[edit] Cast
- Tom Mix as Tom Gordon
- Tony the Horse as Tony, Tom's Horse (as Tony the Wonder Horse)
- Dorothy Dwan as Madge Cullen
- Will Walling as Eugene Cullen
- Harry Gripp as DeLuxe Harry
- Carl Miller as Burton Holt
- Edward Peil Sr. as Bill Tolfree
- Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry as Snowball
- Sammy Cohen as Man in upper berth of train (uncredited)
- John Wayne as Extra (uncredited)
[edit] Production
Much of the film was shot on location in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The film is notable for its use of breathtaking locations around Glenwood Springs and along the Shoshone River. Local residents gathered every day for three weeks to watch Mix and his famous horse, Tony, perform their own stunts. Mix brought 55 cast and crew members, along with his family, to Colorado in two Pullman train cars and two special baggage cars.
Future western film icon John Wayne worked as a property assistant on the film and appeared as an extra.[3]
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- ^ Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (1998) "Paul Leicester Ford: An Exhibit Recognizing the Recent Gift to the University from Mrs. William R. Bailey" Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina
- ^ J.M. (1897) "The Versatile Mr. Ford" The Bookman: A Literary Journal 5: pp. 348-349 a review of The Great K & A Train Robbery
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016939/trivia
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