The Lightning Flyer is a 1931 American pre-Code action film directed by William Nigh and starring James Hall, Dorothy Sebastian and Robert Homans.Martin p.188
Plot After graduating from college, the son of a railroad president takes a job working for the company under an assumed name to prove that he isn't as lazy as his father thinks. He falls in love but also makes a bitter enemy in the yard foreman. After exposing the man as a thief and a murderer, his antagonist breaks out of prison and seeks revenge by way of a runaway train.
Cast James Hall as Jimmie Nelson Dorothy Sebastian as Rose Rogers Walter Merrill as Tom Summers Robert Homans as John Nelson Albert J. Smith as Durkin Ethan Allen as Sam Rogers Eddie Boland as Slats George Meadows as Pudge
References
Bibliography Martin, Len D. Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Serials, Cartoons, and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1922-1988. McFarland, 1991.
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