“A Big Production You'll Rave Over”
Jimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the proprietress of the local lunch counter. His rival, Bat Mullins, is engineer of the new mail train scheduled to make a competition run. When Mullins overturns the new train, Bradley completes the run and earns the contract for his company by delivering the mail in record time on No. 99. A promotion to engineer helps him win Kate.
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William Boyd
Jimmy Bradley
Known for
The King of Kings
Jobyna Ralston
Kate Murphy
Known for
Wings
The Freshman
Philo McCullough
Bat Mullins
Also in
Tarzan the Fearless
The Power of the Press
Anne Schaefer
Mrs. Murphy (as Ann Schaeffer)
Also in
A Little Princess
Johanna Enlists
DeWitt Jennings
Bucks
Known for
Mystery of the Wax Museum
The Big House
John Millerta
Tony
Robert Dudley
Freddy
Known for
The Palm Beach Story
Sleep, My Love
Walter Lang Director · Frank H. Spearman Writer Walter Woods Writer
United States release February 5, 1928 · Produced in United States
Production
James Cruze Productions
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United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · February 5, 1928
Theatrical
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