Storyline
A railroad engineer adopts a French orphan while he's fighting in the army in World War I, and takes him back to the US when the war ends. Later the boy needs an eye operation that the engineer can't afford, so he takes the rap for a murder he didn't commit in order to get his son the operation.
Cast & Crew
Harry Carey
Big Bill Benson
Lead
Frankie Darro
Little Bill
Edith Roberts
Nora Burke
Wallace MacDonald
Malcolm Gregory
Frank Hagney
Red Burley
Duke R. Lee
John McFarlane
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tom Forman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Roaring Rails is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
