The Runaway Express

The Runaway Express is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey, and Tom O'Brien.

Plot

Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah Kelly, an Irish waitress at the Junction Cafe.

Cast

• Jack Dougherty as Joseph Foley
• Blanche Mehaffey as Nora Kelly
• Tom O'Brien as Sandy McPherson
• Charles K. French as Jim Reed
• William Steel as Blackie McPherson
• Harry Todd as Dad Hamilton
• Madge Hunt as Mrs. Foley
• Syd Saylor as The Tramp

References

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. .

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