The Great Barrier

Jan 2, 1937

1h 23m

★ 5.0

Romance..IN THE BUILDING OF A GREAT EMPIRE! Selected by LIFE MAGAZINE as the PICTURE of the WEEK!

Overview

The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America

The Great Barrier Trailers

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Cast

Hickey

Richard Arlen

Steve

Barry MacKay

Moody

Roy Emerton

Mary Moody

Antoinette Cellier

Lou

Lilli Palmer

Major Rogers

J. Farrell MacDonald

James Hill

Reginald Barlow

William Van Horne

Arthur Loft

Joe

Ben Welden

Bates

Jock MacKay

Bulldog Kelly

Henry Victor

Magistrate

Ernest Sefton

It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son finds his father and wants answers. Derek – Kelly's pimp – needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays.

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7.7

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7.2

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6.9

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0.0

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7.1

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6.6

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10.0

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