A Boy at the Throttle

A Boy at the Throttle (1915)

December 25th, 19150h 12min

Thriller
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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


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