Barriers Burned Away

The O'leary's And Their Famous Cow, "The Halstead Street Terror," "Peg-Leg" Sullivan And Other Fascinating Characters.

In 1871 Chicago an undercover detective gets a job as a porter in a somewhat disreputable saloon in order to get information on a stolen painting, which he believes will be fenced there by the 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 he and the girl in danger, from both the criminals who stole the painting and the infamous Chicago Fire of 1871.

Direction

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenplay

Leah Baird

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Edward Payson Roe