The Open Track

Overview

"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.

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1916

The Treasure Train

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The Mysterious Cipher

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The Detective's Peril

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The Trapping of 'Peeler' White

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The Record Run

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The Race for a Siding

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The Governor's Special

1916

The Human Telegram

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The Bridge of Danger

1916

Nerves of Steel

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A Railroader's Bravery

1915

The Stolen Engine

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Helen's Sacrifice

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The Plot at the Railroad Cut

1914

The Girl at the Throttle

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One Chance in a Hundred

1916

The Flying Freight's Captive

1914

The Black Diamond Express

1914

The Broken Circuit

1915

The Escape on the Limited

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The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

1915

The Box Car Trap

1915

A Race for a Crossing

1915

The Girl Engineer

1915

The Girl on the Trestle

1915

A Life in the Balance

1915

The Girl at Lone Point

1915

The Railroad Raiders of '62

1915

The Open Drawbridge

1915

The Engineer's Peril

1915

The Red Signal

1915

The Little Engineer

1915

The Fast Mail's Danger

1915

The Fiend at the Throttle

1915

The Night Operator at Buxton

1915

A Wild Ride

1915

The Midnight Limited

1915

Near Eternity

1915

The Human Chain

1915

The Broken Train

1915

A Deed of Daring

1915

The Girl on the Engine

1915

The Fate of Number One

1915

The Substitute Fireman

1915

The Limited's Peril

1915

A Boy at the Throttle

1915

Crossed Wires

1915

The Tramp Telegrapher

1915

The Dynamite Train

1915

The Girl on the Bridge

1915

The Girl and the Special

1915

Danger Ahead!

1915

The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children

1915

A Mile a Minute

1915

A Test of Courage

1915

The Watertank Plot

1915

The Runaway Boxcar

1915

A Matter of Seconds

1915

A Girl's Grit

1915

The Broken Rail

1915

Train Order Number Forty-Five

1915

A Perilous Chance

1915

The Engineer's Honor

1916

The Spiked Switch

1916

The Trail of Danger

1916

The Girl Who Dared

1916

A Race for a Life

1916

The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve

1916

The Switchman's Story

1916

The Perilous Swing

1916

The Peril of the Rails

1916

The Broken Wire

1916

Tapped Wires

1916

The Haunted Station

1916

When Seconds Count

1916

At the Risk of Her Life

1916

A Plunge from the Sky

1916

In Death's Pathway

1916

The Broken Brake

1916

To Save the Road

1916

A Race Through the Air

1916

The Blocked Track

1916

The Death Swing

1916

Defying Death

1916

The Hoodoo of Division B

1916

Ablaze on the Rails

1916

The Secret of the Box Car

1916

At Danger's Call

1916

With the Aid of the Wrecker

1916

Hurled Through the Drawbridge

1916

A Mystery of the Rails

1916

The Midnight Express

1916

The Lineman's Peril

1916

The Trial Run

1916

The Forgotten Train Order

1916

The Runaway Sleeper

1916

The Lone Point Mystery

1916

The Gate of Death

1916

A Daring Chance

1916

To Save the Special

1916

The Lost Messenger

1916

The Wrecked Station

1917

The Fireman's Nemesis

1917

The Mogul Mountain Mystery

1917

A Race with Death

1916

The Vanishing Box Car

1916

The Sidetracked Sleeper

1917

The Prima Donna's Special

1917

The Railroad Claim Intrigue

1917

The Death Siding

1917

Cast

Helen Gibson
Helen Gibson
Helen
Robyn Adair
Robyn Adair
1st Detective
Clarence Burton
Clarence Burton
2nd Detective
Franklyn Hall
Franklyn Hall
1st Counterfeiter
George Robinson
2nd Counterfeiter
Glen Gano
3rd Counterfeiter

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