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The Railroad Smugglers (1917)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Railroad Smugglers (1917)

Short | Short, Drama

News has just reached Lone Point that a force of Mexican bandits raided one of the American border towns the previous night, killing several people. Helen saves the newspaper containing the story to show to her friend, Julius Hecker, a ...See moreNews has just reached Lone Point that a force of Mexican bandits raided one of the American border towns the previous night, killing several people. Helen saves the newspaper containing the story to show to her friend, Julius Hecker, a rancher who is coming over that morning to unload a car of agricultural implements. Hecker is disturbed by the news. He then asks that Helen bring any message she may receive for him over to the freight shed where he will be working. The message arrives over the wire. As Helen is taking it down, a stranger peers into the window. He understands the Morse code. When Helen starts for the freight shed he is disappearing down the road on a motorcycle. On her relief period Helen starts for the Hecker ranch to visit Mrs. Hecker. Returning to the station for a moment, she takes down an official order to hold the Limited for a special car containing a party of naval officers. At the ranch the face of the mysterious stranger is again seen peering in at Mrs. Hecker and Helen. They run out. On her way home Helen spies the stranger walking and leading his motorcycle towards the ranch. She follows. She is astonished to see Hecker and a Mexican set upon the stranger and bear him into the barn, shouting: "Now we've got you, you American spy." Peering in the window Helen sees that the place is a veritable arsenal. Hecker and his son chase Helen, who has seized the stranger's motorcycle and started for the Lone Point station. Hearing the freight train whistle, Helen at once thinks of the naval officers and rushes to Lone Point. She rides up the freight incline onto the loading platform, through the open doors of the now-empty freight car, and leaps her motorcycle to a flat car on the passing freight. Crawling back over the tons of the intervening cars, she gives the warning to the officers. The train is stopped, an automobile is commandeered and the officers arrive at the barn just in time to save Holmes, the secret service agent, from death. Helen stamps out the fuse lighted by Hecker when he saw his plans failing and receives the congratulations of all for her bravery. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Helen Gibson Helen Helen See fewer	Fighting Mad (1917)
George A. Williams Julius Hecker (as G.A. Williams) Julius Hecker (as G.A. Williams) See fewer	Super Speed (1925)
George Routh John Hecker, His Son John Hecker, His Son See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Hal Clements A Mexican A Mexican See fewer	The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve (1916)
Lloyd Whitlock Harry Holmes (as Lloyd T. Whitlock) Harry Holmes (as Lloyd T. Whitlock) See fewer	The Midnight Express (1924)