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The Runaway Freight (1914)
Short | Short, Drama, Thriller

The Runaway Freight (1914)

Short | Short, Drama, Thriller

When Boston Blackie, a tramp, arrives in a little town, the station agent refuses him food, but the man's daughter interferes and persuades her father to feed him. Later he is joined by Red and Slim, a couple of his crook pals, who plan a ...See moreWhen Boston Blackie, a tramp, arrives in a little town, the station agent refuses him food, but the man's daughter interferes and persuades her father to feed him. Later he is joined by Red and Slim, a couple of his crook pals, who plan a holdup of the station agent and ask him to join the plan, but just as the robbery is about to be pulled off, he discovers that the agent is Anna's father and refuses. Afraid he will interfere, Red and Slim tie him up and set off, but find Anna tending the station in place of her father, who is ill. The robbers think they have a cinch; they terrify Anna and proceed to help themselves, getting very drunk. They insult Anna, whom they have frightened but have not tied up, leaving her free, though unable to get out or to reach the telegraph key. Blackie rolls over to the track and lies in such a position that a passing train cuts his bonds. He hastens to the rescue, and after a big fight captures the crooks and turns them over to the constable. Next day he is rewarded by the agent, who secures him a place as a student freight "brakie" running out of town. Later Blackie is successful and in love with the agent's daughter. The two crooks have sworn vengeance against Blackie and while the latter is '"braking" the two crooks board his train at a lonely water tank and are discovered by Blackie, who fights them and cleans them up. Even thirstier for vengeance after being thrown off the train, they return to town and lay for him, finally planning to avenge themselves on him through Anna. The plan is to put her on a car on a grade and send her flying down grade to her death at a curve by the river. The two crooks lure her into the yards by a fake note purporting to come from Blackie, but Blackie returns in time to warn the girl. Dressed up in sunbonnet, Blackie goes to the car but is overpowered and the crooks start the car rolling down the grade, first setting the switch to throw the car over an embankment into the river. Blackie loosens his hands but the car is going too fast for him to escape, and he goes into the river with the car, but he crawls out unhurt and meets the girl, who has forced the two crooks at the point of a gun to ride her on a handcar in pursuit of the runaway cars. The two crooks are caught and Anna helps rescue Blackie. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Richard Cummings The Station Agent The Station Agent See fewer	The Little Orphans (1915)
Francelia Billington Anna - the Station Agent's Daughter Anna - the Station Agent's Daughter See fewer	Blind Husbands (1919)
Eugene Pallette Boston Blackie Boston Blackie See fewer	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Sam De Grasse Red - a Yeggman Red - a Yeggman See fewer	The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Tom O'Brien Slim - a Yeggman (as Thomas O'Brien) Slim - a Yeggman (as Thomas O'Brien) See fewer	The Big Parade (1925)