The Leap from the Water Tower

Jan 9, 1915

0h 13m

★ 0.0

Overview

Rand, a vengeful discharged fireman, tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomotive making them useless on the long descent from the summit of Pine Hill to Lone Point the following day. Learning of the impending peril, Helen dashes to a water tower under which the train must pass, climbs out on the spout, leaps onto the roof of one of the cars, and warns the engineer in time. Helen's heroism wins her another offer of marriage, this time from Wadsworth, the freight engineer, but once again she opts for next weeks hazards instead.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Kalem Company

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Cast

Helen

Helen Holmes

Wadsworth - a Freight Engineer

Leo D. Maloney

Rand - the Fireman

J.P. McGowan

Cleland - the Trainmaster

George A. Williams

Hanson - Line Repairman

M.J. Murchison

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