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Barriers Burned Away

The O'Leary's and their famous cow, "The Halstead Street Terror," "Peg-Leg" Sullivan and other fascinating characters.

10 average rating
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10
No Language / 70 MIN. / 1925

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Mabel BallinEric MayneFrank MayoWanda HawleyWally VanArline PrettyLawson ButtTom SantschiHarry T. MoreyJames Pier MasonJ.P. LockneyWilliam V. MongPat HarmonFrankie MannMrs. Charles Craig

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