The Night Flyer
Cast & Crew
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Walter Lang
Director
William Boyd
Jimmy Bradley
Jobyna Ralston
Kate Murphy
Philo Mccullough
Bat Mullins
Ann Schaeffer
Mrs. Murphy
De Witt Jennings
Bucks
Film Details
Release Date
Feb
5,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
James Cruze, Inc.
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Held for Orders: Being Stories of Railroad Life by Frank Hamilton Spearman (New York, 1901).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,954ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
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.
Director
Walter Lang
Director
Cast
William Boyd
Jimmy Bradley
Jobyna Ralston
Kate Murphy
Philo Mccullough
Bat Mullins
Ann Schaeffer
Mrs. Murphy
De Witt Jennings
Bucks
John Milerta
Tony
Robert Dudley
Freddy
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Feb
5,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
James Cruze, Inc.
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Held for Orders: Being Stories of Railroad Life by Frank Hamilton Spearman (New York, 1901).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,954ft
(7 reels)
