The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
„The Great K & A Train Robbery“ is a 1926 Black & White silent Western film directed by Lewis Seiler, screenplay by John Stone, based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Paul Leicester Ford.
When the K & A Railroad is subjected to a series of mysterious robberies, K & A President Eugene Cullen hires detective Tom Gordon to uncover the mystery and stop the robberies on his railroad.
Disguised as a bandit, Tom boards the train of K & A President Cullen, and works undercover by posing as a highwayman. But Cullen’s daughter, Madge Cullen, senses that Tom is not a criminal and soon falls in love with him.
To help him bring in the gang Tom enlists the help of the hobo DeLuxe Harry.
Madge is sought after by Burton Holt, her father’s secretary, who is in league with the bandits, tipping off the gang.
Ultimately Tom discovers Holt’s duplicity, and with the aid of Tony, his horse, rounds up the villains, thus winning the hand of Madge.
Cast:
- Tom Mix – Tom Gordon
- Tony the Horse – Tony, Tom’s Horse
- Dorothy Dwan – Madge Cullen
- Will Walling – Eugene Cullen
- Harry Gripp – DeLuxe Harry
- Carl Miller – Burton Holt
- Edward Peil Sr. – Bill Tolfree
- Curtis „Snowball“ McHenry – Snowball
- Sammy Cohen – Man in Upper Berth of Train
- Duke R. Lee – Henchman
- Stub Musselman – Henchman
- John Wayne – Extra
„Räuber der Königsschlucht“ (The Great K & A Train Robbery) ist ein Schwarz-Weiß-Western-Stummfilm aus dem Jahr 1926, Regie: Lewis Seiler, Drehbuch: John Stone, basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Paul Leicester Ford aus dem Jahr 1896.
Als die K & A Railroad von einer Reihe mysteriöser Raubüberfälle heimgesucht wird, beauftragt der Präsident der K & A, Eugene Cullen, den Detektiv Tom Gordon, das Geheimnis zu lüften und die Raubüberfälle auf seine Eisenbahn zu beenden.