The Great Barrier
Romance..IN THE BUILDING OF A GREAT EMPIRE! Selected by LIFE MAGAZINE as the PICTURE of the WEEK!
Genres
Overview
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1937-01-02
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
5
Richard Arlen
Hickey
Barry MacKay
Steve
Roy Emerton
Moody
Antoinette Cellier
Mary Moody
Lilli Palmer
Lou
J. Farrell MacDonald
Major Rogers
Reginald Barlow
James Hill
Arthur Loft
William Van Horne
Ben Welden
Joe
Jock MacKay
Bates
Henry Victor
Bulldog Kelly
Ernest Sefton
Magistrate
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Sir John Macdonald
Gilbert Emery
George Stephen
Howard Hickman
Donald Smith
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Snow Cake
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7.5
Bowling for Columbine
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7.2
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6.4
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7.0
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6.0
Drylanders
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7.5
Blind Chance
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8.6
Schindler's List
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7.1
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8.1
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7.3
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8.2
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5.7
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