The Night Flyer (1928)
A Big Production You'll Rave Over
70 min
Jimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the proprietress of the local lunch counter. His rival, Bat Mullins, is engineer of the new mail train scheduled to make a competition run. When Mullins overturns the new train, Bradley completes the run and earns the contract for his company by delivering the mail in record time on No. 99. A promotion to engineer helps him win Kate.
- Release date
- February 5, 1928
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- William Boyd as Jimmy Bradley
- Jobyna Ralston as Kate Murphy
- Philo McCullough as Bat Mullins
- Anne Schaefer as Mrs. Murphy
- DeWitt Jennings as Bucks
- John Millerta as Tony
- Robert Dudley as Freddy
- Jim Corey as Rowdy Cowboy
- Delmer Daves as Young Man at Dance
- Joseph W. Girard as Railroad President Swaford
Crew
- Walter Lang · Director
- Frank H. Spearman · Writer
- Walter Woods · Writer
- James Cruze · Producer
- Ernest Miller · Cinematographer
- Mildred Johnston · Editor