The Rail Rider

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The Rail Rider
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Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Edgar Franklin
Starring
Cinematography John van den Broek
Edited by Clarence Brown
Production
company
Paragon Films
Distributed by World Film
Release date
  • August 21, 1916 (1916-08-21)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, and Henry West. [1] Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Ben Carré.

Cast

Preservation status

Fragmentary prints of The Rail Rider survive in the Library of Congress and the Dawson City collection of the Library and Archives Canada. [2] [3]

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