The Overland Telegraph (1929)
- Directed by
- John Waters
- Genre
- Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent western about a telegraph line going up through the wilderness. A U.S. cavalry officer protects the construction from hostile forces.
old-fashionedstraightforwardaction-drivenlighthearteduncomplicatedmildly adventurous
What happens
The Overland Telegraph is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and written by Harry Sinclair Drago, George C. Hull and Edward J. Meagher. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Janis, Frank Rice, Lawford Davidson, Clarence Geldart and Chief John Big Tree. The film was released on March 2, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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