The Runaway Express

The Runaway Express
Still with Dougherty and Mehaffey
Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Written by	Curtis Benton
Based on	"The Nerve of Foley" by Frank H. Spearman
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Jack Dougherty Blanche Mehaffey Tom O'Brien
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 10, 1926 (1926-10-10)
Running time	1 hour
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Runaway Express is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey, and Tom O'Brien. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah Kelly, an Irish waitress at the Junction Cafe.

Cast

• Jack Dougherty as Joseph Foley
• Blanche Mehaffey as Nora Kelly
• Tom O'Brien as Sandy McPherson
• Charles K. French as Jim Reed
• William Steel as Blackie McPherson
• Harry Todd as Dad Hamilton
• Madge Hunt as Mrs. Foley
• Syd Saylor as The Tramp

References

1. Munden p. 744
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Runaway Express at silentera.com

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5.

External links

• The Runaway Express at IMDb