Roar of the Iron Horse

Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial about the building of the transcontinental railroad. O'Mahoney played a railroad agent who uncovers the master criminal behind a series of sabotage attempts on the construction site.

Cast

Jock Mahoney

as Jim Grant

Virginia Herrick

as Carol Lane

William Fawcett

as Rocky

Harold Landon

as Tom Lane

Jack Ingram

as Homer Lathrop

Mickey Simpson

as Cal - Henchman

George Eldredge

as Karl Ulrich- aka The Baron

Myron Healey

as Ace -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]

Rusty Wescoatt

as Scully - Lathrop's Foreman

Frank Ellis

as Bat - Henchman

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