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The Midnight Flyer (1925)
70 min | Drama, Romance

The Midnight Flyer (1925)

70 min | Drama, Romance

Si Henderson is the only mountaineer to get a job with the railroad when it starts coming through the West Virginia mountains. This development incurs the wrath of Jeb Slater, who keeps alive the century-old feud between the Slaters and ...See moreSi Henderson is the only mountaineer to get a job with the railroad when it starts coming through the West Virginia mountains. This development incurs the wrath of Jeb Slater, who keeps alive the century-old feud between the Slaters and the Hendersons. He tries to kill Si but shoots Mrs. Henderson instead. Dying, she makes Si and her son, David, promise to let the feud die with her. Years pass; David and Jeb's son, Mel, work together; but David lives in constant fear of Mel, who is a drunken bully. Both love Mary Baxter, but she cares only for David. Jeb is released from prison and wrecks the Midnight Flyer, crippling Si and thus forcing him to retire. David, on his first run as engineer, is tormented by Mel to the point of jumping off the train just before it hits a wagon. Both David and Mel are fired. Two detectives come to arrest Jeb; Mel kills one of them; and in a drunken rampage, Mel imprisons Mary and the superintendent, Kellogg, in a train and heads it on a collision course toward the Midnight Flyer. David, overcoming his fears, boards the train, defeats Mel in a fight, and stops the train. Written by AFI See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Cullen Landis David Henderson David Henderson See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
Dorothy Devore Mary Baxter Mary Baxter See fewer	The Gilded Highway (1926)
Charles A. Post Mel Slater (as Buddy Post) Mel Slater (as Buddy Post) See fewer	Wild Oranges (1924)
Charles Hill Mailes Silas Henderson (as Charles Mailes) Silas Henderson (as Charles Mailes) See fewer	The Mark of Zorro (1920)
Frankie Darro Young Davey Young Davey See fewer	Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Claire McDowell Liza Slater Liza Slater See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Barbara Tennant Mother Henderson Mother Henderson See fewer	The Infidel (1922)
Elmo Billings Young Mel Slater Young Mel Slater See fewer	Terry and the Pirates (1952)
Alphonse Ethier Jeb Slater (as Alphonz Ethier) Jeb Slater (as Alphonz Ethier) See fewer	Baby Face (1933)