The Iron Rider (1926)

April. 28,1926

| Western

After he loses his money and horse in a poker game, Yak learns he was cheated. But then he learns that the men that cheated him are wanted and have a price on their heads. This gives him a chance to get his money back and more, so he sets out after them.

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Cast

Yakima Canutt as Yak Halliday

[1942] Shadows on the Sage [1942] Heart of the Rio Grande [1940] The Ranger and the Lady [1939] The Kansas Terrors [1938] Overland Stage Raiders [1937] Gunsmoke Ranch

Jim Corey as Parson Larkin

[1937] The Feud of the Trail [1937] Brothers of the West [1931] Freighters of Destiny [1926] The Iron Rider

Nelson McDowell as Dunk

[1945] Lone Texas Ranger [1940] Roll Wagons Roll [1939] Westbound Stage [1935] Texas Jack [1935] The Dawn Rider [1935] Born to Battle

Reviews

silentmoviefan

1926/04/28

This film was just another Western film, really. I liked it okay, but there wasn't really anything spectacular about it. It has the typical happy ending of your average Western film. Two highlights of the film are the animals, Boy the Horse and Lad the Dog. Both add quite a bit to the picture. Also, it was hard to tell right off that the bad guys were bad guys. Star Yakima Canutt, also famous as a stuntman, had his own production company, so he is the star. The heroine wasn't terribly attractive, but that's true of a good percentage of silent films. The copy I viewed was from Sinister Cinema and it was fairly good quality. The bum, played by Nelson McDowell, gave about as good a performance as anyone in the picture. Another thing I noticed about this picture was that I had not heard of any of the actors before viewing it, except for Yakima Canutt. I guess that's just the way things worked then. I also wasn't aware before viewing this film that Yakima Canutt had his own production company. I'll give it a 6.