The Railroad Claim Intrigue(1917)

Name: The Railroad Claim Intrigue
Director: Walter Morton
Released: 1917-01-27
Cast: Helen Gibson, George A. Williams, George Routh, Richard Johnson

01/27/1917 (US)Thriller0h 13m

Overview

Barstow, a crook, conceives the idea of buying old automobiles, staging "accidents" with them, and settling with the railroad. At the Lone Point crossing one of his machines is hit by the train and the flagman is discharged because it appears that he has been negligent. Helen, the telegraph operatic, gets a day off and starts for the hills on horseback. She meets Duncan, a railroad detective sent to investigate the increasing number of crossing accidents.

Walter Morton

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Helen Gibson

Helen

George A. Williams

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George Routh

Barstow

Richard Johnson

Duncan

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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.