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A Race to the Drawbridge (1917)
Short | Short, Drama

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A Race to the Drawbridge (1917)

Short | Short, Drama

Helen is seated at the telegraph instrument in Fardale Station when a train pulls in. She delivers orders to the engineer and sees three men climb from between two of the cars and hurry away. Chuck, Pug and Brandon, the three crooks, cross...See moreHelen is seated at the telegraph instrument in Fardale Station when a train pulls in. She delivers orders to the engineer and sees three men climb from between two of the cars and hurry away. Chuck, Pug and Brandon, the three crooks, cross the fields to their lair. Brandon, the head crook, has been wounded in the arm. An examination is made by his pals and it is decided to obtain a doctor. Chuck drives to Fardale Station and requests Helen to wire for a doctor, giving her a new ten-dollar bill to pay the charge. Helen has received a message stating that U.S. Treasury ten-dollar bank notes of a given series have been stolen. In making change she notes the newness of the bill and upon examination discovers that it is one of the notes stolen. She wires for the doctor and also a detective. They arrive; the detective takes the doctor's place and drives to the hut with Chuck. Johnson, the detective, is discovered. The crooks tie him to a push car, and send it down a grade on the main line. Helen discovers the plot and races to the drawbridge which is drawn up as the push car and Johnson approach. She uses a lariat, throws it over the end of the drawbridge, lets herself down as the drawbridge goes up and as the car bearing Johnson, who has freed himself from the ropes, comes to the bridge. Helen slips her arm through his arms, which are handcuffed, and saves him from the plunge into the river beneath. See less

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3 cast members

Name	Known for
Helen Gibson Helen Helen See fewer	Fighting Mad (1917)
George Routh Johnson Johnson See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
George A. Williams Brandon (as G.A. Williams) Brandon (as G.A. Williams) See fewer	Super Speed (1925)