The Overland Telegraph (1929)

The Overland Telegraph

1929

Western

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

John Waters

Cast

Chief John Big Tree as Medecine Man

Clarence Geldart as Major Hammond

Dorothy Janis as Dorothy

Frank Rice as Easy

Joseph Mills as Abraham Lincoln

Lawford Davidson as Briggs

Tim McCoy as Captain Allen

Crew