The Spiked Switch

Overview

Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, his daughter, and Hume plan to elope. Trent, with a new fireman, is suddenly taken with a weak spell and when the fireman becomes panic-stricken there is a scuffle which ends with the fireman thrown to the ground while the fast freight speeds on.

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Cast

Helen Gibson

Helen

George A. Williams

Engineer Trent

Roy Watson

The Chief Dispatcher

Pearl Anibus

Ruth Trent - the Engineer's Daughter

Scott Pembroke

Hume - the Fireman