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.
Cast Tim McCoy as Captain Allen Dorothy Janis as Dorothy Frank Rice as Easy Lawford Davidson as Briggs Clarence Geldart as Major Hammond Chief John Big Tree as Medicine Man
Preservation The film was preserved by MGM and a copy donated for preservation to George Eastman House.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Overland Telegraph
See also List of films and television shows about the American Civil War
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