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'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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