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Released August 2nd, 1915, 'The Runaway Boxcar' stars Helen Holmes, George Robinson, Robyn Adair, James Strong The NR movie has a runtime of about 13 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from top users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Disguised as car repairmen, Mealius and Denney get aboard the express car, overpower the express messenger and steal a valuable package being forwarded to Arlington. Helen sees the crooks jumping from the car when it stops for water at Lone Point and gives the alarm." .
'The Runaway Boxcar' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on August 2nd, 1915
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.
