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
Director: J. Gunnis Davis
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Helen Gibson as Helen |
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Franklyn Hall as Odell - Engineer |
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Clarence Burton as Layson - Station Agent |
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Clement Graw as Pinture - Fireman |
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Tom Trent as Bobbie Layson - the Boy at the Throttle |
| Directing | J. Gunnis Davis | Director |
| Writing | Edward T. Matlack | Story |