Disguising as a bandit, a detective infiltrates a group of train robberies while falling in love with the K and A railroad's president's daughter.Disguising as a bandit, a detective infiltrates a group of train robberies while falling in love with the K and A railroad's president's daughter.Disguising as a bandit, a detective infiltrates a group of train robberies while falling in love with the K and A railroad's president's daughter.
Tony the Horse
- Tony - Tom's Horse
- (as Tony the Wonder Horse)
Will Walling
- Eugene Cullen
- (as William Walling)
Harry Gripp
- DeLuxe Harry
- (as Harry Grippe)
Edward Peil Sr.
- Bill Tolfree
- (as Edward Piel)
Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry
- Snowball
- (as Curtis McHenry)
Sammy Cohen
- Man in Upper Berth of Train
- (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Stub Musselman
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
John Wayne
- Extra
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe props department for this film had a young John Wayne as one of its employees. This is one of Wayne's earliest IMDb-recognised roles, and came at a time when he was only receiving uncredited, minor parts in films.
- GoofsThe scenes actions of the movie were from years before the XX century but the clothes, hair style that the actress Dorothy Dwan used were from 1926.
- Quotes
Tom Gordon: Don't be alarmed Miss Cullen, I'm just a young bandit trying to get along.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Featured review
Tom & Tony to the Rescue
Cullen, president of the K & A railroad, is at a loss to stop the robberies occurring on his line, even though he is unaware his secretary, Holt, is secretly tipping off the bandits with the shipments. Tom Morgan is called on to investigate, even though he needs to disguise himself as an outlaw in order infiltrate Tolfree's gang and hear their plans. When Cullen decides to send a shipment of bonds with him on another train, Holt tells Tolfree, who's going to lead his gang into robbery unless Tom's assistant, a hobo named Deluxe Harry, can relay the information to him in time. This is one of the more enjoyable Mix silents (of which there are still way too few) with a brisk pace, exciting chases, thrilling stunts throughout, and an exciting climax in an underground cave. A prologue to the film points out the exterior shots being in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and they are very striking adding a lot of beauty to the picture. I think the film tried to be too mysterious with Mix' characterization and the character of the butler could have been eliminated since Deluxe Harry fit in well as the comic relief. Rating 8.
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- El asalto al tren expreso
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- Runtime53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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