The Silver Streak
Love at the throttle
1934 · 1h 25m · Approved
Action, Drama
Directed by
Thomas Atkins
Overview
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.
Director and cast
- Thomas Atkins Director
- Sally Blane as Ruth Dexter
- Charles Starrett as Tom Caldwell
- Hardie Albright as Allan Dexter
- William Farnum as B.J. Dexter
- Irving Pichel as Bronte
- Arthur Lake as Crawford
- Theodore von Eltz as Tyler
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Higgins
- Edgar Kennedy as O'Brien
- Doris Dawson as Molly
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