The Midnight Limited (1926)
48 min
A freight train loses control and is barreling wildly toward the town of Benbow. A mail train is traveling in the opposite direction on the exact same set of tracks. The Midnight Limited, A passenger train carrying 300 people—including the dispatcher’s own sweetheart—is running on a parallel track. The dispatcher's desperate attempts to avert a catastrophic disaster as all three trains converge at the same point simultaneously fuels the narrative.
- Release date
- February 1, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Gaston Glass as Alan Bennett aka Alan Morse
- Wanda Hawley as Mary Foster
- Sam Allen as Sam Foster
- William Humphrey as John Reynolds
- Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Reynolds
- Ashton Dearholt as Hal Reynolds
- L.J. O'Connor as John O'Connor
- Eric Mayne as Dr. Harrington
- Fred Holmes as Dr. Jones
- Hayford Hobbs as Dispatcher
Crew
- Oscar Apfel · Director
- Jack Natteford · Writer
- Paul Gerson · Producer
- Ernest F. Smith · Cinematographer