West Bound Limited (1937)
A RAILROADING FOOL!
66 min
Talbot works as a dispatcher at a small rural railway station. One rainy night, shortly after a company payroll has arrived at the station, a masked criminal arrives to steal it. Talbot intercepts the villain's plan and a struggle ensues. He manages to fight off the masked man and save the payroll. But during the fight he is away from his station and misses a call to change the tracks for an oncoming train. This causes a terrible train crash resulting in many lost lives.
- Release date
- July 11, 1937
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lyle Talbot as Dave Tolliver - aka Bob Kirk
- Polly Rowles as Janet Martin
- Frank Reicher as Pop Martin
- Henry Brandon as Joe Forbes
- Henry Hunter as Howard
- William Lundigan as Dispatcher
- Lynton Brent as Second Operator
- Raymond Brown as Sheriff
- George Cleveland as Division Superintendent
- Sherry Hall as Hillsbro Dispatcher
Crew
- Ford Beebe · Director
- Maurice Geraghty · Writer
- Ford Beebe · Writer
- Elwood Bredell · Cinematographer
- Philip Cahn · Editor