The Juggernaut
Cast & Crew
Ralph W. Ince
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Julia Swayne Gordon
William Dunn
Frank Currier
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Synopsis
Phillip Hardin, a railroad magnate's dissipated son, and John Ballard, whose parents died in a railroad crossing accident, become friends in college. After John saves Phil during a brawl by breaking a chair over Phil's attacker, Red Curley, Phil and John, believing Curley dead, vow to keep silent. Viola Ruskin, who loves John, is persuaded by her mother to marry Phil for his money. Years later, John, now the district attorney, attempts to convince Phil, a railroad president, to improve the railroad's deteriorating condition, which has caused many fatal accidents. Pressure from a stock manipulating syndicate that controls the railroad leads Phil to threaten to reveal John's murder. After Phil's daughter Louise learns that Curley's death was not caused by John, they fall in love. Later, Louise, on an errand for Phil, travels by train over a bridge that Phil learns is unsafe. He rushes to halt the train but sees it fall into the river and dies of heart failure. John places the fatally wounded Louise next to Phil's body.
Director
Ralph W. Ince
Cast
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Julia Swayne Gordon
William Dunn
Frank Currier
Eulalie Jensen
Paul Scardon
Jack Brawn
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Notes
This was the first Blue Ribbon Feature. It opened in New York at the Vitagraph Theatre on March 7, 1915. The film was re-released in February 1920 by the Vitagraph Co. of America, in a version edited by Mr. and Mrs. Geroge Randolph Chester. The 1920 version was copyrighted by Vitagraph Co. of America; February 6, 1920; LP14723. The train wreck scene reportedly cost $25,000 to stage. According to the 1921 MPSD, William S. Adams worked as a cinematographer on this production. It is possible that he shot additional footage for the re-release version.
