Movie
The Overland Telegraph
19291h 0m★ 9.0Western
Overview
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.
Director
- John Waters
Writers
- George C. Hull
- Ward Wing
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Top cast
Tim McCoy
Captain Allen
Dorothy Janis
Dorothy
Frank Rice
Easy
Lawford Davidson
Briggs
Clarence Geldart
Major Hammond
Chief John Big Tree
Medecine Man
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Joseph Mills
Abraham Lincoln
