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The Runaway Express

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The Runaway Express
Still with Dougherty and Mehaffey
Directed byEdward Sedgwick
Written byCurtis Benton
Based on"The Nerve of Foley"
by Frank H. Spearman
Produced byCarl Laemmle
Starring
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 10, 1926 (1926-10-10)
Running time
1 hour
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Runaway Express is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey, and Tom O'Brien.[1][2]

Plot

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Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah Kelly, an Irish waitress at the Junction Cafe.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Munden p. 744
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Runaway Express at silentera.com

Bibliography

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  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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