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The Smoke Eaters

1926-11-05 · 60 min · ★ 8.0

Action · Drama

A society couple lose their two-year old son in ship-fire and a fireman, finding the child, adopts him. The society couple adopt a baby girl. Both children grow up and meet in later years but the girl has an affair with a rich profligate. Meanwhile, the boy has become a fireman and through his instrumentality the girl is saved from death in fire. She gives up the rich youth and marries the firefighter.

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Directors
Charles J. Hunt
Production companies
Trem Carr Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Cullen LandisCullen LandisEd
Wanda HawleyWanda HawleyJacqueline
Broderick O'FarrellBroderick O'FarrellRoscoe Wingate
Harold AustinHarold AustinKenneth Wingate
Edward CecilEdmund Kane
Aryel DarmaHis Wife
Mae PrestellMarie Wingate
Baby MoncurJunior Wingate

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