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A Mystery of the Rails

A Mystery of the Rails (1916)Stream and Watch Online

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Released August 5th, 1916, 'A Mystery of the Rails' stars Helen Gibson, George A. Williams, Scott Pembroke, O. Filippi The NR movie has a runtime of about 12 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from experienced users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Jud Hendricks, foreman of the construction camp, is being blackmailed by Gypsy Joe, who knows of a dark page in the Hendricks' past. Hendricks and Tom Rasom are rivals for the favor of Helen, with Tom in the lead. The latter, an engineer, is about to take his train out when he finds Gypsy Joe hiding in a boxcar." .

'A Mystery of the Rails' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on August 5th, 1916

The Hazards of Helen

Long running movie series adventure train films. This thrill-a-minute series was the longest running of the entire silent film era. It was produced between 1914 and 1917, and consisted of 119 almost weekly episodes. The series began with silent serial film queen Helen Holmes as the star - with an occasional actor taking over the lead. Eventually Helen Gibson took over the role of Helen. Unlike the cliffhanger serials of the era, The Hazards of Helen is actually a film series made up of near autonomous single reel twelve-minute melodramas. Most episodes of this series are presumed lost.