A Boy at the Throttle

1915Directed by J. Gunnis Davis

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Released: December 25, 1915
Runtime: 12m

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Synopsis

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
Writer: Edward T. Matlack

Principal cast

In billing order

Helen GibsonHelen
Franklyn HallOdell - Engineer
Clarence BurtonLayson - Station Agent
Clement GrawPinture - Fireman
Tom TrentBobbie Layson - the Boy at the Throttle

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