A Boy at the Throttle

A Boy at the Throttle (1915)

December 25th, 19150h 12min

Thriller
0%

Overview

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


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

The Murderers

The Murderers


Released on: 1973-11-07
TV Movie, Thriller, Horror

A reformed criminal is blackmailed when three girls are murdered.

The Brown Wallet

The Brown Wallet


Released on: 1936-07-20
Crime, Thriller

Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the...

Speed Versus Death

Speed Versus Death


Released on: 1910-05-05
Thriller, Western

Braggs, the young western settler, comes into view leading his broncho while he leads his little chi...

C.O.D.

C.O.D.


Released on: 1932-03-17
Crime, Thriller, Mystery

A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....

The Film Lost To Time

The Film Lost To Time


Released on: 2024-07-19
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A film buff's obsession with an elusive, possibly nonexistent film spirals into a dangerous descent...

A Lesson in Bridge

A Lesson in Bridge


Released on: 1914-03-04
Thriller

The fascinating game of bridge has completely ensnared Mrs. Willis, the pretty young wife of a Wall ...

Gehenna

Gehenna


Released on: 2025-04-29
Thriller, War, Drama

In this recently found and restored banned underground classic from 1984, four girls go into a bathr...

Unknown Treasures

Unknown Treasures


Released on: 1926-09-01
Horror, Mystery, Romance, Drama, Thriller

A poor man refrains from proposing to the woman he loves until he can secure the fortune left him by...

The Climax

The Climax


Released on: 1930-01-04
Thriller

Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.

Near Eternity

Near Eternity


Released on: 1915-06-19
Thriller

A quarryman, dismissed because of intoxication, blames Billy, the mail clerk, and seeks revenge. He ...

A Wild Ride

A Wild Ride


Released on: 1915-07-10
Thriller

The bad blood existing between Reardon and Haley results in a fight in which Reardon is worsted. Rea...

Medicine Bend

Medicine Bend


Released on: 1916-07-03
Thriller

Whispering Smith, a railroad detective, is sent to Medicine Bend to suppress the looting of cars.

The Girl on the Bridge

The Girl on the Bridge


Released on: 1915-11-20
Thriller

Communicating with his pals outside, Daly informs them as to the date upon which he is to be taken f...

The Dynamite Train

The Dynamite Train


Released on: 1915-11-27
Thriller

The shifting of the dynamite contained in a boxcar causes the latter to be cut from the freight and ...

The Tramp Telegrapher

The Tramp Telegrapher


Released on: 1915-12-04
Thriller

Beaten by Dun and Corson, Trent is hurled unconscious to the tracks. Helen, who witnesses the attack...

The Detective's Peril

The Detective's Peril


Released on: 1916-03-25
Thriller

Hanging from a rope over the track, the detective seems certain to plunge to death when the oncoming...

One Chance in a Hundred

One Chance in a Hundred


Released on: 1916-05-20
Thriller

Billy Warren, timekeeper on the construction job, arouses the enmity of Brent and Easton when he res...

A Deed of Daring

A Deed of Daring


Released on: 1915-07-17
Thriller

Upon learning that a gang of smugglers are using freight cars to bring Chinamen across the border, t...

At the Risk of Her Life

At the Risk of Her Life


Released on: 1916-01-01
Thriller

Tony, a half-breed Mexican is kicked from pillar to post, but he grasps a chance for revenge on soci...

The Haunted Station

The Haunted Station


Released on: 1916-01-15
Thriller

A fall from a semaphore weakens Wood's mind and when he later disappears circumstances point to suic...