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Feature film — 1925

The Burning Trail (1925)

8.00h 50mWestern

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.

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Director: Arthur Rosson

On screen

Cast & crew

William Desmond as Smiling Bill Flannigan

William Desmond

Smiling Bill Flannigan

Albert J. Smith as Texas

Albert J. Smith

Texas

Mary McIvor as Nell Loring

Mary McIvor

Nell Loring

Jim Corey as Black Loring

Jim Corey

Black Loring

Jack Dougherty as John Corliss

Jack Dougherty

John Corliss

Edmund Cobb as Tommy Corliss

Edmund Cobb

Tommy Corliss

G

Gloria Roy

Esther Ramsey

Harry Tenbrook as Reginald Cholmondeley

Harry Tenbrook

Reginald Cholmondeley

Janet Gaynor as (uncredited)

Janet Gaynor

(uncredited)