Short film
Mistaken Orders
1925 · 25 min
A quick, straightforward silent-era thrill ride of railroad danger and last-minute rescues.
- Directed by
- J.P. McGowan
- Starring
- Helen Holmes, Jack Perrin, Harry Tenbrook
- Overview
- Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes. He fires one of Tony Sharkey's henchmen, scheming against the railroad, and, as a result, a fight takes place and a switching order is overlooked which nearly results in a major wreck. Realizing the situation at Hynes, Helen Barton, Vincent's sister, dashes to Hynes in her roadster and puts together a severed telegraph wire to put the station back in communications with headquarters. Meanwhile, Helen's sweetheart, Tom Lawson, is fighting with Sharkey in a run-away engine and it is headed for an open bridge over a river.
- How it feels
- Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Crime, family, survival
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- J.P. McGowan
- Starring
- Helen Holmes, Jack Perrin, Harry Tenbrook
