![]() The film was released on DVD in America in its full-length US version (accompanied by the truncated UK version). The film has a 78% rating in Rotten Tomatoes. The film's importance was recognized by the American Film Institute in the 2008 AFI's 10 Top 10, where it was nominated in the Western category. ![]() In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns." In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. 119 and Jupiter) were scrapped before 1910. There is a note in the title before this scene that the two original locomotives from the 1869 event are used in the film, although this is false - both engines ( Union Pacific No. ![]() They were in fact retired Central Pacific Railroad employees who had helped build the first transcontinental railroad through the Sierras, who came out to participate in the filming as a lark. Jack Padjan as Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)Īmong the extras used in the Central Pacific sequences were several Chinese men playing coolies who worked on the railroad.Chief John Big Tree as Cheyenne Chief (uncredited). ![]() ![]() Marcus as Judge Haller (credited as James Marcus) Jim Welch as Private Schultz / Mackay (credited as James Welch). ![]()
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