The Midnight Flyer is a 1925 American silent action film directed by Tom Forman, and starring Cullen Landis and Dorothy Devore. It was advertised as being seven reels long.
Plot synopsis provided by Motion Picture News
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.
In Exhibitor's Herald, theater owner Lloyd Oller wrote that the film was a success in his home town of Tamms, IL.