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Released May 22nd, 1915, 'The Broken Train' stars Helen Holmes, J.P. McGowan, Leo D. Maloney, Rex Downs 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 respected users.
You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight, jumps into a racing auto and takes off in pursuit. In the meantime, the freight's brakes fail, and the train breaks in two. Helen, on a road parallel to the tracks, leaps onto a flat car, runs forward, informs the train crew what has happened, and captures the crooks." .
'The Broken Train' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on May 22nd, 1915
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.
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