A Boy at the Throttle

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1915 · 12 min · NR · Thriller

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

Directed by J. Gunnis Davis

Cast

• Helen Gibson — Helen
• Franklyn Hall — Odell - Engineer
• Clarence Burton — Layson - Station Agent
• Clement Graw — Pinture - Fireman
• Tom Trent — Bobbie Layson - the Boy at the Throttle