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A Mile a Minute

1915 · 12 min

A quick, simple silent-era caper that moves fast and asks little of you.

Directed by
J. Gunnis Davis
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Helen Gibson, Robyn Adair, Edward Roberts
Overview
Hume and Frintz, while riding in a boxcar, see a trunk in the unguarded baggage car of a passenger train. By a daring leap from the freight to the passenger, Hume steals the trunk, throws it into one of the boxcars, and then leaps back. The trunk is missed and the loss reported from Helen's station.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
J. Gunnis Davis
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Helen Gibson, Robyn Adair, Edward Roberts
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • deception
    Places
    • countryside
    • road trip
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight1

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    Details

    Genres
    thriller
    Directed by
    J. Gunnis Davis
    Starring
    Helen Gibson, Robyn Adair, Edward Roberts, M.J. Murchison
    Runtime
    12 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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