Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
Young John Gallagher wants to be a newspaper reporter. One day he witnesses a murder committed by a mysterious man with only four fingers on one hand. He gives his account of the murder and a description of the killer to his hero, newsman Henry Callahan, resulting in his getting a job on the paper as an office boy. When circumstances arise that result in Callahan losing his job on the paper, he and Gallagher set out to discover the identity of the killer and help Callahan get his job back.
- Date of release
- 1928-01-14
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Elmer Clifton
Casting
- Frank Coghlan Jr. — John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
- Harrison Ford — Henry Clay Callahan
- Elinor Fair — Clarissa Mahaffey
- Wade Boteler — McGinty
- E.H. Calvert — City Editor
- Ivan Lebedeff — Stephen B. Hade AKA Four Fingers Dan
Interesting facts
Let 'Er Go Gallegher is a 1928 silent crime comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Harrison Ford and Elinor Fair. The film is based on the Gallegher character from American author Richard Harding Davis' 1891 publication Gallegher and Other Stories. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson.
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