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The Black Diamond Express is a american film of genre Action directed by Howard Bretherton released in USA on 4 june 1927 with Monte Blue

The Black Diamond Express (1927)

The Black Diamond Express
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Released in USA 4 june 1927
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Action,    Adventure

The Black Diamond Express is a 1927 silent railroad feature film drama directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. It is not to be confused with several early short actuality styled films under the title Black Diamond Express for example the famous and still exiting 1896 film of a train arriving in a station.

This film is presumed lost.

Actors

Monte Blue

(Dan Foster)Edna Murphy

(Jeanne Harmon)Myrtle Stedman

(Mrs. Harmon)Claire McDowell

(Martha Foster)Carroll Nye

(Fred Foster)William Demarest

(Train Engine Fireman)
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