The Return of Casey Jones

The Return of Casey Jones

1933 · 62 min · ★ 7.5 · Action, Drama

Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks. Jimmy tries to fix it but has to jump off at the last minute. Unfortunately, stories begin to circulate that he turned coward and jumped off the train first, letting it be destroyed rather than try to save it. He sets out to clear his name.

Directed by John P. McCarthy

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Charles Starrett Jim Martin
Ruth Hall Nona Winters
George 'Gabby' Hayes Timothy Shine
Robert Elliott Casey Jones
Margaret Seddon Mrs. Mary Martin
Jackie Searl Jimmy Martin as a Boy
George Walsh Wild Bill Bronson
Gordon De Main Ike MacFarland (as G. D. Wood)
George Nash Fireman
Anne Howard Mrs Curtis

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