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Roaring Rails

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.

Top Cast

  • Harry Carey

    Harry Carey

    Big Bill Benson

  • Frankie Darro

    Frankie Darro

    Little Bill

  • Edith Roberts

    Edith Roberts

    Nora Burke

  • Wallace MacDonald

    Wallace MacDonald

    Malcolm Gregory

  • Frank Hagney

    Frank Hagney

    Red Burley

  • Duke R. Lee

    Duke R. Lee

    John McFarlane

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.

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