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The Girl at the Throttle(1914)
Status: Released
Date: 1914-11-28
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Time: 0h 12m
Overview:
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
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Kalem Company
Movie: The Girl at the Throttle
Top 5 Billed Cast
Helen Holmes
Helen
William Ehfe
Blake - the Fireman
Jack Hoxie
Hanson, the Hunter
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