The Spiked Switch

The Spiked Switch (1916)


  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release Date: 1916-06-03
  • Runtime: 0h 12min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Kalem Company
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: J. Gunnis Davis

Summary

Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, his daughter, and Hume plan to elope. Trent, with a new fireman, is suddenly taken with a weak spell and when the fireman becomes panic-stricken there is a scuffle which ends with the fireman thrown to the ground while the fast freight speeds on.

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  • Helen Gibson

    as Helen
  • George A. Williams

    as Engineer Trent
  • Roy Watson

    as The Chief Dispatcher
  • Pearl Anibus

    as Ruth Trent - the Engineer's Daughter
  • Scott Pembroke

    as Hume - the Fireman
Writing Edward T. Matlack Story
Directing J. Gunnis Davis Director

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