The Open Track
Thriller
★ 5.5/10191610mNR
Director: J. Gunnis Davis
"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen". This is episode 63 from a total of 119 weekly one reel films produced by Kalem. Helen's cleverness exposes a band of counterfeiters who later succeed in turning the tables on the railroad detectives and tying the two men to the cowcatcher of a train which they then start off down the grade. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
Runtime
10m
Language
English
Released
Jan 22, 1916
Runtime
10m
Language
English
Released
Jan 22, 1916
Cast
Part of The Hazards of Helen
Helen's Sacrifice
1914 · Movie
Helen's Sacrifice
1914
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914 · Movie
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914
The Girl at the Throttle
1914 · Movie
The Girl at the Throttle
1914
The Stolen Engine
1914 · Movie
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1914
The Flying Freight's Captive
1914 · Movie
The Flying Freight's Captive
1914
The Black Diamond Express
1914 · Movie
The Black Diamond Express
1914
The Escape on the Limited
1914 · Movie
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1914
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915 · Movie
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915
The Leap from the Water Tower
1915 · Movie
The Leap from the Water Tower
1915
The Broken Circuit
1915 · Movie
The Broken Circuit
1915
The Fast Mail's Danger
1915 · Movie
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1915
The Little Engineer
1915 · Movie
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1915
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1915 · Movie
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5.8·1915
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1915 · Movie
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1915
The Engineer's Peril
1915 · Movie
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1915
The Open Drawbridge
1915 · Movie
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1915
The Death Train
1915 · Movie
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1915
The Night Operator at Buxton
1915 · Movie
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1915
The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915 · Movie
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1915
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1915
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1915
The Girl on the Trestle
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1915
The Girl Engineer
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1915
A Race for a Crossing
1915 · Movie
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1915
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1915 · Movie
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1915
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1915 · Movie
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1915
The Broken Train
1915 · Movie
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1915
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The Human Chain
1915 · Movie
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1915 · Movie
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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5.0·1915
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1915 · Movie
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10.0·1916
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1916 · Movie
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The Haunted Station
1916 · Movie
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1916
5.5The Open Track
1916 · Movie
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5.5·1916
Tapped Wires
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Broken Wire
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Peril of the Rails
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Perilous Swing
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Switchman's Story
1916 · Movie
The Switchman's Story
1916
The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve
1916 · Movie
The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve
1916
A Race for a Life
1916 · Movie
A Race for a Life
1916
The Girl Who Dared
1916 · Movie
The Girl Who Dared
1916
The Detective's Peril
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Trapping of 'Peeler' White
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Record Run
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Race for a Siding
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Governor's Special
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1916
The Trail of Danger
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1916
The Human Telegram
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Bridge of Danger
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1916
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1916
The Capture of Red Stanley
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1916
The Spiked Switch
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The Treasure Train
1916 · Movie
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1916
A Race Through the Air
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1916
In Death's Pathway
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Mysterious Cipher
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Engineer's Honor
1916 · Movie
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1916
To Save the Road
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Broken Brake
1916 · Movie
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1916
A Plunge from the Sky
1916 · Movie
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1916
A Mystery of the Rails
1916 · Movie
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1916
Hurled Through the Drawbridge
1916 · Movie
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1916
With the Aid of the Wrecker
1916 · Movie
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1916
At Danger's Call
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Secret of the Box Car
1916 · Movie
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1916
Ablaze on the Rails
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Hoodoo of Division B
1916 · Movie
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1916
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1916 · Movie
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The Death Swing
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1916
The Blocked Track
1916 · Movie
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1916
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1916 · Movie
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1916
A Daring Chance
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Lost Messenger
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Gate of Death
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Lone Point Mystery
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Runaway Sleeper
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Forgotten Train Order
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Trial Run
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Lineman's Peril
1916 · Movie
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1916
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1916 · Movie
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1916
The Vanishing Box Car
1916 · Movie
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1916
A Race with Death
1916 · Movie
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1916
The Mogul Mountain Mystery
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Fireman's Nemesis
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Wrecked Station
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Railroad Claim Intrigue
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Death Siding
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Prima Donna's Special
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Sidetracked Sleeper
1917 · Movie
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1917
The Hazards of Helen
1917 · Movie
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1917
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