A Boy at the Throttle (1915)
Climbing into a cab of a freight engine, Bobbie Layson, the son of a station pulls the throttle open. The alarm goes out and Helen, stationed at Lone Point, is ordered to derail the runaway and thus prevent it from running head-on into the approaching passenger train. Fearing for his son's life, Layson phones Helen
- Date of release
- 1915-12-25
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- J. Gunnis Davis
- Collection
- The Hazards of Helen
Casting
- Helen Gibson — Helen
- Franklyn Hall — Odell - Engineer
- Clarence Burton — Layson - Station Agent
- Clement Graw — Pinture - Fireman
- Tom Trent — Bobbie Layson - the Boy at the Throttle
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