The Spiked Switch (1916)
Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, his daughter, and Hume plan to elope. Trent, with a new fireman, is suddenly taken with a weak spell and when the fireman becomes panic-stricken there is a scuffle which ends with the fireman thrown to the ground while the fast freight speeds on.
- Date of release
- 1916-06-03
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- J. Gunnis Davis
- Collection
- The Hazards of Helen
Casting
- Helen Gibson — Helen
- George A. Williams — Engineer Trent
- Roy Watson — The Chief Dispatcher
- Pearl Anibus — Ruth Trent - the Engineer's Daughter
- Scott Pembroke — Hume - the Fireman
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