The Rail Rider

The Rail Rider
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Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	Edgar Franklin
Starring	House Peters Bertram Marburgh Henry West
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
Country	United 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.

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

Cast

• House Peters as Jim Lewis
• Bertram Marburgh as 'B,' the enigma of the D & O
• Henry West as Bill Carney
• A. Harrington as Theodore C Barker
• Zena Keefe as Mildred Barker

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]}

References

1. Waldman p. 93
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Rail Rider at silentera.com
3. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Rail Rider". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on July 22, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2025.

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.

External links

• The Rail Rider at IMDb