The Burning Trail (1925)
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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William DesmondSmiling Bill Flannigan
Albert J. SmithTexas
Mary McIvorNell Loring
Edmund CobbTommy CorlissGloria RoyEsther Ramsey
Janet Gaynor(uncredited)Movie DNA
Actor preference197071 · 397913 · 670013Country preferenceUsDecade preference1920
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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.