
The Midnight Limited
1926-02-01 · 48 min · ★ 9.0
A freight train loses control and is barreling wildly toward the town of Benbow. A mail train is traveling in the opposite direction on the exact same set of tracks. The Midnight Limited, A passenger train carrying 300 people—including the dispatcher’s own sweetheart—is running on a parallel track. The dispatcher's desperate attempts to avert a catastrophic disaster as all three trains converge at the same point simultaneously fuels the narrative.
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- Directors
- Oscar Apfel
- Production companies
- Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Gaston GlassAlan Bennett aka Alan Morse
Wanda HawleyMary Foster
Sam AllenSam Foster
William HumphreyJohn Reynolds
Mathilde BrundageMrs. Reynolds
Ashton DearholtHal Reynolds
Eric MayneDr. Harrington
Hayford HobbsDispatcher
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