The Tornado
1917, English. Directed by John Ford.
The Tornado mostly followed pulp Western formula -- bad guys hold up a town, take a girl hostage, and the hero rides to the rescue. But there were a couple of twists that made it seem more personal than the usual cowboy fare. Ford's Jack Dayton ... is known as "the No-Gun Man" because he faces the villains unarmed, anticipating the character played by James Stewart in George Marshall's 1939 Western comedy classic Destry Rides Again. Dayton is an immigrant who uses the reward money to bring over his mother (Jean Hathaway) from Ireland, a prototypically Fordian situation if there ever was one.
- Runtime
- 0h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 3 March 1917
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Grace Cunard, Francis Ford, John Ford
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The Tornado runs 30 minutes (0h 30m).
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The Tornado isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 March 1917. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Tornado?
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Who directed The Tornado?
The Tornado (1917) was directed by John Ford and stars John Ford, Jean Hathaway, Peter Gerald.