Burning Bridges (1928)
Bob and Jim Whitely are twin brothers. Bob, an army veteran who suffered shell shock in the war, escapes from a sanitarium and holds up the Express train, for which Jim is mistakenly arrested. Jim soon escapes from jail in order to find his brother. However, his task is complicated by a crooked sheriff who pins a holdup and murder on him that the sheriff himself actually committed. To make matters worse, the murder victim was Tommy Wilkins, the brother of Jim's fiancee, who now thinks that Jim killed her brother.
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Harry CareyJim Whitely / Bob Whitely
Kathleen CollinsEllen WilkinsDavid KirbyCrabs
William BaileyJim BlackRaymond WellsSlabs
Eddie PhillipsTommy WilkinsFlorence MidgleyWidow Wilkins
Henry A. BarrowsEd Wilson
Sam AllenDr. Zach McCarthyMovie DNA
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What is Burning Bridges about?
Bob and Jim Whitely are twin brothers. Bob, an army veteran who suffered shell shock in the war, escapes from a sanitarium and holds up the Express train, for which Jim is mistakenly arrested. Jim soon escapes from jail in order to find his brother. However, his task is complicated by a crooked sheriff who pins a holdup and murder on him that the sheriff himself actually committed. To make matters worse, the murder victim was Tommy Wilkins, the brother of Jim's fiancee, who now thinks that Jim killed her brother.
How long is Burning Bridges?
Burning Bridges has a runtime of 60 minutes.