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The Overland Telegraph

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Calorie Rating: 84
Released: 1929-03-02
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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.

Director / Directors

John Waters
Director


Cast

Tim McCoy
Character: Captain Allen
Dorothy Janis
Character: Dorothy
Frank Rice
Character: Easy

Lawford Davidson
Character: Briggs
Clarence Geldart
Character: Major Hammond
Chief John Big Tree
Character: Medecine Man

Joseph Mills
Character: Abraham Lincoln


Production and Crew

Arthur Reed
Director of Photography

Lucia Coulter
Costume Design