The Return of Casey Jones

The Return of Casey Jones

Drama, Action | May 24, 1933

Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks. Jimmy tries to fix it but has to jump off at the last minute. Unfortunately, stories begin to circulate that he turned coward and jumped off the train first, letting it be destroyed rather than try to save it. He sets out to clear his name.

The Return of Casey Jones

Drama, Action | May 24, 1933

The Return of Casey Jones
Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks. Jimmy tries to fix it but has to jump off at the last minute. Unfortunately, stories begin to circulate that he turned coward and jumped off the train first, letting it be destroyed rather than try to save it. He sets out to clear his name.
Producers I.E. Chadwick Productions
Original title The Return of Casey Jones
Directors John P. McCarthy
Writers John Johns, John P. McCarthy, Harry L. Fraser

Cast

Charles Starrett

as Jim Martin

Ruth Hall

as Nona Winters

George 'Gabby' Hayes

as Timothy Shine

Robert Elliott

as Casey Jones

Margaret Seddon

as Mrs. Mary Martin

Jackie Searl

as Jimmy Martin as a Boy

George Walsh

as Wild Bill Bronson

Gordon De Main

as Ike MacFarland (as G. D. Wood)

George Nash

as Fireman

Anne Howard

as Mrs Curtis