The Great Barrier (film) narrative location Canada
The Great Barrier is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. The film depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was based on the 1935 novel The Great Divide by Alan Sullivan. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton.Cast
Richard Arlen as Hickey
Lilli Palmer as Lou
Antoinette Cellier as Mary Moody
Barry MacKay as Steve
Roy Emerton as Moody
J. Farrell MacDonald as Major Rogers
Ben Welden as Joe
Jock MacKay as Bates
Ernest Sefton as Magistrate
Henry Victor as Bulldog Kelly
Reginald Barlow as James Hill
Arthur Loft as William Van Horne
Frank McGlynn Sr. as Sir John MacDonald