The Open Track

1916 ★ 5.5 10 min NR IMDb English J. Gunnis Davis

Overview

"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen". This is episode 63 from a total of 119 weekly one reel films produced by Kalem. Helen's cleverness exposes a band of counterfeiters who later succeed in turning the tables on the railroad detectives and tying the two men to the cowcatcher of a train which they then start off down the grade. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

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Top Cast

Helen Gibson

Helen

Robyn Adair

1st Detective

Clarence Burton

2nd Detective

Franklyn Hall

1st Counterfeiter

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George Robinson

2nd Counterfeiter

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Glen Gano

3rd Counterfeiter

The Hazards of Helen

The Open Track

Overview

Top Cast

The Hazards of Helen

The Hazards of Helen

In Danger's Path

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

The Leap from the Water Tower

The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

The Pay Train

The Wrong Train Order

The Death Train

The Capture of Red Stanley

The Treasure Train

The Mysterious Cipher

The Detective's Peril

The Trapping of 'Peeler' White

The Record Run

The Race for a Siding

The Governor's Special

The Human Telegram

The Bridge of Danger

Nerves of Steel

A Railroader's Bravery

The Stolen Engine

Helen's Sacrifice

The Plot at the Railroad Cut

The Girl at the Throttle

One Chance in a Hundred

The Flying Freight's Captive

The Black Diamond Express

The Broken Circuit

The Escape on the Limited

The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

The Box Car Trap

A Race for a Crossing

The Girl Engineer

The Girl on the Trestle

A Life in the Balance

The Girl at Lone Point

The Railroad Raiders of '62

The Open Drawbridge

The Engineer's Peril

The Red Signal

The Little Engineer

The Fast Mail's Danger

The Fiend at the Throttle

The Night Operator at Buxton

A Wild Ride

The Midnight Limited

Near Eternity

The Human Chain

The Broken Train

A Deed of Daring

The Girl on the Engine

The Fate of Number One

The Substitute Fireman

The Limited's Peril

A Boy at the Throttle

Crossed Wires

The Tramp Telegrapher

The Dynamite Train

The Girl on the Bridge

The Girl and the Special

Danger Ahead!

The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children

A Mile a Minute

A Test of Courage

The Watertank Plot

The Runaway Boxcar

A Matter of Seconds

A Girl's Grit

The Broken Rail

Train Order Number Forty-Five

A Perilous Chance

The Engineer's Honor

The Spiked Switch

The Trail of Danger

The Girl Who Dared

A Race for a Life