The Switchtower
5.9
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor as a switchman, when the struggle between love and duty came and later to come to the aid of his parents in the hands of the desperate counterfeiters, eventually causing their capture." —Moving Picture World synopsis.
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Cast
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Henry B. Walthall
The Switchman
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Wings
Lionel Barrymore
First Counterfeiter
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
George Hennessy
Claire McDowell
The Switchman's Wife
Known for
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Marion Emmons
The Switchman's Son
Also in
Hearts of the World
Carmen's Romance
Charles West
Second Counterfeiter
Also in
In the Border States
The Female of the Species
John T. Dillon
Third Counterfeiter
Known for
The New Janitor
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
William A. Carroll
First Federal Agent
Also in
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Old Actor
Frank Evans
Second Federal Agent
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
William A Carroll
First Federal Agent
George Beranger
A Tramp
Known for
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The Birth of a Nation
Anthony O'Sullivan
The Storekeeper
Also in
The Black Hand
The Usurer
Anthony O'Sullivan Director · George Hennessy Story
United States release June 15, 1913 · Produced in United States
Production
Biograph Company
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · June 15, 1913
Theatrical
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