Movie: The Burning Trail

Top 9 Billed Cast

William Desmond
William Desmond

Smiling Bill Flannigan

Albert J. Smith
Albert J. Smith

Texas

Mary McIvor
Mary McIvor

Nell Loring

Jim Corey
Jim Corey

Black Loring

Jack Dougherty
Jack Dougherty

John Corliss

Edmund Cobb
Edmund Cobb

Tommy Corliss

Gloria Roy
Gloria Roy

Esther Ramsey

Harry Tenbrook
Harry Tenbrook

Reginald Cholmondeley

Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor

(uncredited)

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    A professional boxer known as "Smiling Bill Flannigan" accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. He gives up the sport and heads west. He gets a job on a ranch as a cook, and before he knows it he finds himself involved in a war between ranchers and sheepherders.

  • Release Date

    1925-05-10

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

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    See this great big, clean, vigorous story of the stirring day on the western border, crammed with gripping adventure, exciting chases and gun battles. Will keep you guessing every second.

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