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The Runaway Express
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5865 feet
Directed by Edward Sedgwick

Cast: Jack Daugherty [Joseph Foley], Blanche Mehaffey [Nora Kelly], Tom O’Brien [Sandy McPherson], Charles K. French [Jim French], William A. Steele [Blackie McPherson], Harry Todd [Dad Hamilton], Madge Hunt [Mrs. Foley], Sid Saylor [the tramp]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Curtis Benton, from the short story “The Nerve of Foley” by Frank Hamilton Spearman. Cinematography by Virgil Miller. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 25 May 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP22782]. Released 10 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Action.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Railroads - Transportation: Trains

Listing updated: 11 March 2012.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 53; Limbacher-Feature p. 209 : Website-AFI.