Name: The Broken Wire
Director: J. Gunnis Davis
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1916-02-05
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Helen Gibson, Robyn Adair, Franklyn Hall, Clarence Burton

Overview

Thriller

When the Limited is forced to stop because of an obstruction on the tracks, the passengers alight for a stroll. In the excitement of boarding again one of the passengers loses a handbag containing her jewels and money. Two crooks aboard the train hear of this and at Helen's station they alight.

Content warning

lost film

Director

J. Gunnis Davis

ReleasedFeb 5, 1916

Runtime12m

StatusReleased

Kalem Company

Top Cast

Helen Gibson

Helen

Robyn Adair

1st Crook

Franklyn Hall

2nd Crook

Clarence Burton

Conductor

The Broken Wire (1916)

Overview

Top Cast

The Broken Wire (1916)

Overview

Top Cast

Helen's Sacrifice

The Plot at the Railroad Cut

The Girl at the Throttle

The Stolen Engine

The Flying Freight's Captive

The Black Diamond Express

The Escape on the Limited

The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

The Leap from the Water Tower

The Broken Circuit

The Fast Mail's Danger

The Little Engineer

The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

The Red Signal

The Engineer's Peril

The Open Drawbridge

The Death Train

The Night Operator at Buxton

The Railroad Raiders of '62

The Girl at Lone Point

A Life in the Balance

The Girl on the Trestle

The Girl Engineer

A Race for a Crossing

The Box Car Trap

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

The Fiend at the Throttle

The Broken Train

A Railroader's Bravery

The Human Chain

The Pay Train

Near Eternity

In Danger's Path

The Midnight Limited

A Wild Ride

The Fate of Number One

A Deed of Daring

The Girl on the Engine

The Runaway Boxcar

The Substitute Fireman

The Limited's Peril

A Perilous Chance

Train Order Number Forty-Five

The Broken Rail

Nerves of Steel

A Girl's Grit

A Matter of Seconds

The Watertank Plot

A Test of Courage

A Mile a Minute

The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children

Danger Ahead!

The Girl and the Special

The Girl on the Bridge

The Dynamite Train

The Tramp Telegrapher

Crossed Wires

The Wrong Train Order

A Boy at the Throttle

At the Risk of Her Life

When Seconds Count

The Haunted Station

The Open Track

Tapped Wires

The Broken Wire

The Peril of the Rails

The Perilous Swing

The Switchman's Story

The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve

A Race for a Life

The Girl Who Dared

The Detective's Peril

The Trapping of 'Peeler' White

The Record Run