| The Midnight Flyer | |
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| Directed by | Tom Forman |
| Story by | Arthur Guy Empey |
| Starring | Cullen Landis, Dorothy Devore |
Production company | R-C Pictures |
| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
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Running time | 6,200 ft [1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | silent with English intertitles |
The Midnight Flyer is a 1925 American silent action film directed by Tom Forman, and starring Cullen Landis and Dorothy Devore. [2] It was advertised as being seven reels long. [3]
Plot synopsis provided by Motion Picture News [1]
David Henderson, an engineer, is let go from his job because he deserts his engine when menaced by Mel Slater, a drunken fireman.
Slater also loses his job, driving him to steal the titular Midnight Flyer train. Slater throws the engineer off, and the Midnight Flyer becomes a runaway train. Henderson uses a freight train to catch up to the Midnight Flyer. Henderson boards the runaway train and over powers Slater in a fight.
For Henderson's heroism, he gets his job back and wins the heart of Mary Baxter, the girl he loves.
George T. Pardy reviewed the film for Motion Picture News , calling it "as spectacular a railroad melodrama as has ever been filmed." Pardy praised the fast pace and action. [1]
In Exhibitor's Herald, theater owner Lloyd Oller wrote that the film was a success in his home town of Tamms, IL. [3]
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