The Pay Train(1915)

Name: The Pay Train
Director: J.P. McGowan
Released: 1915-06-11
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Helen Holmes, George A. Williams, Leo D. Maloney, M.J. Murchison, Hoot Gibson

06/11/1915 (US)Thriller0h 11m

5.3

Overview

Helen, overhearing Tony and his accomplices plotting to derail the pay train and steal its money, is thrown into a cattle car; grabbing a revolver which one of the men has dropped, she shoots the wire controlling the semaphore arm, which then swings up and flashes the danger flag, thus averting disaster in the nick of time.

J.P. McGowan

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Helen Holmes

Helen

George A. Williams

O'Malley - Section Foreman

Leo D. Maloney

Tony - a Mexican Section Hand

M.J. Murchison

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Hoot Gibson

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Part of the The Hazards of Helen

Long running movie series adventure train films. This thrill-a-minute series was the longest running of the entire silent film era. It was produced between 1914 and 1917, and consisted of 119 almost weekly episodes. The series began with silent serial film queen Helen Holmes as the star - with an occasional actor taking over the lead. Eventually Helen Gibson took over the role of Helen. Unlike the cliffhanger serials of the era, The Hazards of Helen is actually a film series made up of near autonomous single reel twelve-minute melodramas. Most episodes of this series are presumed lost.