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Tapped Wires

Where to Watch Tapped Wires (1916) Online

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Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Tapped Wires' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Tapped Wires' right now, here are some finer points about the Kalem Company thriller flick.

Released January 29th, 1916, 'Tapped Wires' stars Helen Gibson, Robyn Adair, Franklyn Hall, George Robinson The NR movie has a runtime of about 12 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "After binding Helen to prevent her from stopping the express train to have it await an armed guard, crooks board the train, disable the messenger and dynamite the safe. Helen later takes a short cut in an auto and overtakes the train, but the crooks leap from the speeding train into her car before she can warn the engineer and train crew." .

'Tapped Wires' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on January 29th, 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.