The Trial Run - Cast

The Trial Run (1916)
Short | Short, Thriller

The Trial Run (1916)

Short | Short, Thriller

Superintendent Purdy informs Lane that unless he brings in a big express contract for the road he will lose his job. At Helen's suggestion Lane calls on Manager Morton, of the United Fruit Growers. Later, on an auto trip, Morton's machine ...See moreSuperintendent Purdy informs Lane that unless he brings in a big express contract for the road he will lose his job. At Helen's suggestion Lane calls on Manager Morton, of the United Fruit Growers. Later, on an auto trip, Morton's machine rams a telegraph pole and turns turtle on the railroad track pinning Morton beneath. Helen happens by on horse-back, and is vainly attempting to lift the auto when she hears the whistle of an oncoming train. Leaping on the horse, Helen hastens down the track to warn the train. But the trainmen miss her warning and she is forced to board the train by throwing her lasso over the brake rail and swinging herself to the car. The train is stopped in time and Morton tells Helen, "Have your friend arrange for a trial run and if your road can beat the time on deliveries that we are now getting the contract is his." On the day of the trial run, a dynamite explosion near the tracks hurls rocks on top of a freight engine, stunning the engineer, and sending the train running wild down the track towards the trial run special. Helen receives orders to derail the engine, but to save the engineer she decides on a desperate move. By a short cut she overtakes the runaway in an auto and leaps from the speeding machine to the freight, which is quickly brought to a stop. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Helen Gibson Helen Helen See fewer	Fighting Mad (1917)
Scott Pembroke Arthur Lane (as P.S. Pembroke) Arthur Lane (as P.S. Pembroke) See fewer	Two Sisters (1929)
George A. Williams Morton of the United Fruit Growers (as G.A. Williams) Morton of the United Fruit Growers (as G.A. Williams) See fewer	Super Speed (1925)
George Routh Superintendent Purdy Superintendent Purdy See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)