ROAR OF THE IRON HORSE
15 CHAPTER SERIAL
1951

PLOT:
Columbia's 45th serial is almost an exact remake plot-wise of
Universal's 47th serial, 1940's "Winners of the West," with only some minor modifications to the character roles.
Roar of the Iron Horse had hero Jock Mahoney in his first leading role, playing Jim Grant, a railroad agent, opposing hardfaced
German, George Eldred, called The Baron. The infamous Baron is thwarted time and time again as he tries to sabotage the building of the transcontinental railroad with all the means at his disposal; strategically bribing the local Indians into doing his dirty work.

CAST:
Jock Mahoney ... Jim Grant
Virginia Herrick ... Carol Lane
William Fawcett ... Rocky
Harold Landon ... Tom Lane
Jack Ingram ... Homer Lathrop
Mickey Simpson ... Cal, Beefy outlaw with unshaven face
George Eldredge ... The Baron
Myron Healey ... Ace, outlaw
Rusty Wescoatt ... Scully, Lathrop's foreman
Frank Ellis ... Beefy Outlaw with Trim Mustache
Pierce Lyden ... Erv Hopkins, outlaw
Dick Curtis ... Campo, The Baron's chief gunman
Hugh Prosser ... Lefty, outlaw

CHAPTERS:
1. Indian Attack
2. Captured by Redskins
3. Trapped by Outlaws
4. In the Baron's Stronghold
5. A Ride for Life
6. White Indians
7. Fumes of Fate
8. Midnight Marauders
9. Raid of the Pay Train
10. Trapped on a Trestle
11. Redskin's Revenge
12. Plunge of Peril
13. The Law Takes Over
14. When Killers Meet
15.The End of the Trail

RUNNING TIME: 260 MIN