Barriers Burned Away
DirectorW.S. Van Dyke
“The O'Leary's and their famous cow, "The Halstead Street Terror," "Peg-Leg" Sullivan and other fascinating characters.”
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.
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Cast
Mabel Ballin
Christine Randolph
Eric Mayne
Mark Randolph
Frank Mayo
Wayne Morgan
Wanda Hawley
Molly Winthrop
Wally Van
Gale Winthrop
Arline Pretty
Mildred McCormick
Lawson Butt
Earl of Tarnsey
Tom Santschi
Hon. Bill Cronk
Harry T. Morey
Howard Mellon
James Pier Mason
Slim Edwards
J.P. Lockney
Patrick Leary
William V. Mong
Peg-Leg Sullivan
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