The Runaway Express

1926 film by Edward Sedgwick

  • Jack Dougherty
  • Blanche Mehaffey
  • Tom O'Brien
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 10, 1926 (1926-10-10)
Running time
1 hourCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Runaway Express is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey, and Tom O'Brien.[1][2]

Plot

Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah Kelly, an Irish waitress at the Junction Cafe.

Cast

  • Jack Dougherty as Joseph Foley
  • Blanche Mehaffey as Nora Kelly
  • Tom O'Brien as Sandy McPherson
  • Charles K. French as Jim Reed
  • William Steel as Blackie McPherson
  • Harry Todd as Dad Hamilton
  • Madge Hunt as Mrs. Foley
  • Syd Saylor as The Tramp

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 744
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Runaway Express at silentera.com

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

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