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A Fight to a Finish (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

A Fight to a Finish (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Helen holds down the day "trick," and her brother Tom is night operator at Bells. Both live with their widowed mother and are the only support she has. Helen and her mother are both worried over the fact that Tom has been running around ...See moreHelen holds down the day "trick," and her brother Tom is night operator at Bells. Both live with their widowed mother and are the only support she has. Helen and her mother are both worried over the fact that Tom has been running around with one Cummings, who is known as a disreputable character. In an effort to work on the better side of Cummings, Helen begins to treat him kindly, frequently inviting him to go home with Tom for supper. Cummings thinks the girl is "falling for him," and tries to caress her, but is repulsed. Some of the townspeople see Helen and Cummings together and complain to the agent. Helen refuses to explain, and as a result the agent is compelled to have her transferred to another town as the patrons are complaining. Before leaving she exacts a promise from her brother to care for their mother. One night a few days later, Tom is idly listening to the chatter of the instruments, when he hears a message going to the agent at Station 129, telling of a valuable package on train No. 9, and makes a note of the message, later showing it to Cummings, and his pal, Harwood. The two decide to hold up the express car, and after a short argument, force Tom to agree to help them. Tom does. They tie the agent up and Tom fakes a message, ordering the regular express messenger to return to the division, while a substitute is to take his place. The substitute is Cummings and after the train starts, they hold up the assistant and succeed in robbing the safe. Meanwhile the agent has succeeded in sending a message telling of the hold-up and Helen gets the message just as No. 9 is passing her station. She follows in a gasoline car and overtakes the train. Just as she leaps for the engine, the two crooks see her, and as the train begins to stop, they leap out, dragging Tom with them and succeed in getting away on the motorcar. The motorcar is followed by the train and the crooks throw Tom on the track to hinder pursuit. Helen manages to rescue him by a daring feat from the cowcatcher. The crooks succeed in getting away. Helen and Tom accompany the train into the terminal and she goes up to the dispatcher's office to report. Helen is given a two-weeks' lay-off to recuperate and later manages to find the hiding place of Cummings and Harwood. In her anxiety to see what they are doing, she is captured and tied up, but manages to escape and puts a policeman on the trail. The two bandits are captured, the loot recovered and as a memento of her brave work, Helen's brother is given a chance to redeem himself. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Marie Walcamp Helen Helen See fewer	Tongues of Flame (1918)
C.E. Horn Tom Tom See fewer	The Yellow Star (1915)
George Cummings Cummings (as Mr. Cummings) Cummings (as Mr. Cummings) See fewer	Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Kingsley Benedict Harwood Harwood See fewer	Perils of the Secret Service (1917)
Fred Church The Express Messenger The Express Messenger See fewer	The Flirt (I) (1916)

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