Roaring Rails
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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.
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Cast
6 people
Harry Carey
Big Bill Benson
Known for
Red River
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Frankie Darro
Little Bill
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Edith Roberts
Nora Burke
Also in
Flesh and Blood
Saturday Night
Wallace MacDonald
Malcolm Gregory
Known for
The Rounders
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Frank Hagney
Red Burley
Also in
It's a Wonderful Life
Zombies of Mora Tau
Duke R. Lee
John McFarlane
Also in
Straight Shooting
Hell Bent
Tom Forman Director · Hunt Stromberg Writer Doris Dorn Writer
United States release September 20, 1924 · Produced in United States
Production
Hunt Stromberg Productions
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 20, 1924
Theatrical
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