The Broken Wire (1916)

• 72%
• 1916
• Thriller
• J. Gunnis Davis
• Helen Gibson
• Robyn Adair
• Franklyn Hall

When the Limited is forced to stop because of an obstruction on the tracks, the passengers alight for a stroll. In the excitement of boarding again one of the passengers loses a handbag containing her jewels and money. Two crooks aboard the train hear of this and at Helen's station they alight. When a trackwalker finds the bag and turns it over to Helen they wait until he has passed on and then attempt to hold the plucky operator up. She flees down the track, and when caught between two fires by an approaching train takes refuge on a telegraph pole. The crooks climb after her, and when the messenger wire on which she crawls out snaps because of her weight she is swung across the track barely brushing in safety the onrushing train. On the rebound she is thrown in a huddled heap on a flat car. The train is soon brought to a stop and the crew captures the thieves.