Joe Ryan, a veteran train engineer, is demoted to a flagman position after a disastrous crash-- one caused by his cowardly and opportunistic partner. Though Ryan's failing eyesight is named as the cause of the crash, he's undeterred as he designs an automatic braking invention.
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Ralph Lewis
'Jovial Joe' Ryan
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Jean Arthur
Grace Ryan
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Hugh Allan
Jack Milford
Also in
Dress Parade
Birds of Prey
George Chesebro
Bert Steele
Known for
Batman
Sidney Franklin
'Roadhouse' Rosen
Also in
The Three Musketeers
The Red Lily
Leon Holmes
'Unhandy' Andy
Also in
Alice's Fishy Story
Wild Puppies
Missouri Royer
Jim Brennan
Also in
Sky High Corral
Frank O'Connor Director · F. Oakley Crawford Story
United States release September 15, 1926
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English
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United States · September 15, 1926
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