Name: The Rail Rider
Released: 1916
Cast: House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, Harry West, A. Harrington, Zena Keefe

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Aug 21, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Paragon Films, Inc.

Distribution Company

World Film Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the short story "B" by Edgar Franklin (pseud. of Edgar Franklin Stearns) in Railroad Man's Magazine (Mar 1916).

Synopsis

Jim Lewis always has been considered the best engineer on the D & O railroad, so when he is fired, the other workers are mystified. Jim's pink slip was signed simply "B," just as the company's firing notices were always signed, and the men assume that the letter stands for the company president, Theodore C. Barker. They convince Jim to go East and confront the much-hated president, but when he arrives, he finds Theodore to be a charming, sympathetic family man. He then learns that "B" stands for Brown, the general manager of the railroad, who has been running the company behind Theodore's back, and who has run away with a fortune in railroad securities. Jim goes after Brown and brings him back to face the authorities, after which the recently fired engineer is rehired as Theodore's assistant and then marries Theodore's daughter Mildred.