A Perilous Chance (1915)

• 81%
• 1915
• Thriller
• J. Gunnis Davis
• Helen Holmes
• Glen Gano
• Rex Downs

Bull, Reno and Red make a getaway after holding up the Limited. Helen later sees the men and summons the detectives. The convicts escape from the trap and board a passing freight. Helen also succeeds in getting aboard. The train crew discovers the fugitives. Reno, in charge of the valise containing the loot, throws it into the boxcar ahead. Helen is on the roof of this car. In spite of the awful risk, she swings from the top of the car and lands inside it. Seizing the valise, she leaps from the train. The convicts, who have bested the trainmen, see the girl, and promptly pursue her. Helen dashes toward the Elton drawbridge, making it just as it is raised and barely escaping capture by the crooks. Undaunted, the latter leap into the river and swim to the other side. They come just in time to seize Helen as she slides down the raised structure. The girl is being beaten to the ground when the detectives arrive. A furious battle ensues. Reno comes within an ace of slaying Pike, the chief of the detectives, but is frustrated by the girl telegrapher. The crooks are finally overpowered and taken away.