The Great K & A Train Robbery
(1926) American
B&W : Five reels / 4800 feet
Directed by Lewis Seiler

Cast: Tom Mix [Tom Gordon], Dorothy Dwan [Madge Cullen], William Walling [Eugene Cullen], Harry Grippe [DeLuxe Harry], Carl Miller [Burton], Edward Piel [the bandit leader], Curtis McHenry [Cullen’s butler], Tony the horse

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by John Stone, from the novel The Great K & A Train Robbery by Paul L. Ford. Assistant director Wynn Mace. Cinematography by Dan Clark. Presented by William Fox. / © 5 October 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP23193]. Released 17 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Some location photography was shot in Royal Gorge, Colorado.

Drama: Western.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, in the Em Gee Film Library film collection [16mm reduction positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Crime: Robbery (Train) - Criminals: Bandits - Railroads - Transportation: Trains - USA: Colorado: Royal Gorge - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 2 February 2007.

References: Everson-American p. 251; Limbacher-Feature p. 98; Maltin-Guide p. 500; Norris-Mix p. 185; Sweeney-Coming p. 105 : ClasIm-301 p. 10 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Edward Slonina.

Home Video: DVD.