The Spiked Switch

Jun 3, 1916

0h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, his daughter, and Hume plan to elope. Trent, with a new fireman, is suddenly taken with a weak spell and when the fireman becomes panic-stricken there is a scuffle which ends with the fireman thrown to the ground while the fast freight speeds on.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Kalem Company

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Cast

Helen

Helen Gibson

Engineer Trent

George A. Williams

The Chief Dispatcher

Roy Watson

Ruth Trent - the Engineer's Daughter

Pearl Anibus

Hume - the Fireman

Scott Pembroke

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