- Country: USA
- Genres: Short, Western
- Release: 1917-03-03
- Director: John Ford (I) (1894–1973)
- Writers: Grace Cunard , Francis Ford , John Ford (I) (1894–1973)
- Language: None | English
- Stars: John Ford (I) (1894–1973) , Jean Hathaway , Peter Gerald , Elsie Thornton , Duke Worne , John Duffy
- Runtime: 30 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Tornado , The Tornado (United States of America) , 颱風 (Japan) , The Tornado (Germany) , Il tornado (Italy) , O Furacão (Brazil)
- Plot: "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."-- quoted from "Searching for John Ford" by Joseph McBridedeliberatelypaddedto meetIMDB's 10 line synopsis minimum rule
- IMDB:tt0008690
The Tornado Cast · · · ALL
John Ford
(I)
(1894–1973)
Director
John Ford
(I)
(1894–1973)
Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
Jean Hathaway
Jack's mother
Peter Gerald
Pendleton - banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
Duke Worne
Lesparre - the lead of Cayote gang