Roaring Rails

Sep 20, 1924

1h 0m

★ 6.8

Overview

A railroad engineer adopts a French orphan while he's fighting in the army in World War I, and takes him back to the US when the war ends. Later the boy needs an eye operation that the engineer can't afford, so he takes the rap for a murder he didn't commit in order to get his son the operation.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Hunt Stromberg Productions

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Cast

Big Bill Benson

Harry Carey

Little Bill

Frankie Darro

Nora Burke

Edith Roberts

Malcolm Gregory

Wallace MacDonald

Red Burley

Frank Hagney

John McFarlane

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