Barriers Burned Away (1925)
The O'Leary's and their famous cow, "The Halstead Street Terror," "Peg-Leg" Sullivan and other fascinating characters.
In 1871, a Chicago undercover detective gets a job as a porter in a disreputable saloon to get information on a stolen painting, which he believes will be fenced there by thieves. He soon falls in love with the saloon owner's daughter, who believes him to be just a porter. Soon his undercover work puts him and the girl in danger, from both the criminals who stole the painting and the infamous Chicago Fire of 1871.
- Date of release
- 1925-01-04
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- W.S. Van Dyke
Casting
- Mabel Ballin — Christine Randolph
- Eric Mayne — Mark Randolph
- Frank Mayo — Wayne Morgan
- Wanda Hawley — Molly Winthrop
- Wally Van — Gale Winthrop
- Arline Pretty — Mildred McCormick
- Lawson Butt — Earl of Tarnsey
- Tom Santschi — Hon. Bill Cronk
- Harry T. Morey — Howard Mellon
- James Pier Mason — Slim Edwards
- J.P. Lockney — Patrick Leary
- William V. Mong — Peg-Leg Sullivan
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