Thriller · United States of America · 1914 · 12m

The Girl at the Throttle

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Director
J.P. McGowan
Cast
Helen Holmes as Helen William Ehfe as Blake - the Fireman Jack Hoxie as Hanson, the Hunter Charles Wells as Benton, the Engineer Ethel Clisbee as Mrs. Blake
Crew
Frank Howard Clark — Story Edward T. Matlack — Story
Synopsis

Helen, the telegrapher at Downing Junction, receives word that an engineer has been accidentally shot by a partridge hunter, and the runaway train will collide with the Eastbound Express. Helen jumps onto a nearby standing locomotive, opens it up full throttle, catches up the Express, warns the engineer of the impending danger

Mood & Themes
lost film
Key Collaborators
J.P. McGowan Director Frank Howard Clark Story Edward T. Matlack Story
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