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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Escape on the Limited' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Escape on the Limited' right now, here are some particulars about the Kalem Company, Hermes thriller flick.
The Escape on the Limited starring Helen Holmes, J.P. McGowan, Leo D. Maloney has a NR rating, a runtime of about 12 min, and a scheduled release date of December 26th, 1914.
Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off his track, cuts the wires of Helen's telephone to prevent her from calling for help, binds and gags her, and boards the outgoing Limited. Freed by Detective Sheridan, the two of them get into a gasoline speeder standing on the sidetrack and pursue the Limited." .
'The Escape on the Limited' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 26th, 1914
The Hazards of Helen
Long running movie series adventure train films. This thrill-a-minute series was the longest running of the entire silent film era. It was produced between 1914 and 1917, and consisted of 119 almost weekly episodes. The series began with silent serial film queen Helen Holmes as the star - with an occasional actor taking over the lead. Eventually Helen Gibson took over the role of Helen. Unlike the cliffhanger serials of the era, The Hazards of Helen is actually a film series made up of near autonomous single reel twelve-minute melodramas. Most episodes of this series are presumed lost.
