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The Return of Casey Jones (1933)

The Return of Casey Jones poster
Directed by
John P. McCarthy
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A railroad man returns to his old job and faces trouble from outlaws. He works with a woman he loves to keep the trains running safely.

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What happens

The Return of Casey Jones is a 1933 American Pre-Code action adventure film directed by John P. McCarthy, written by Harry L. Fraser and starring Charles Starrett and Ruth Hall. The film is based on the story of the same name by John Johns, published in the April 1933 issue of Railroad Stories magazine (reprinted in 2019 by Bold Venture Press in their Railroad Stories reprint collection). The film was a Monogram Pictures Corporation production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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