The Burning Trail

The Burning Trail

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.

NR 1925 · 50 min · ★ 8.0 · Western

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.

Directed by Arthur Rosson

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William Desmond Smiling Bill Flannigan
Albert J. Smith Texas
Mary McIvor Nell Loring
Jim Corey Black Loring
Jack Dougherty John Corliss
Edmund Cobb Tommy Corliss
Gloria Roy Esther Ramsey
Harry Tenbrook Reginald Cholmondeley
Janet Gaynor (uncredited)

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