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The Great K & A Train Robbery

192653 minUnited States
Western

Synopsis

Detective Tom Gordon poses as a bandit to investigate repeated railroad robberies. The company president's daughter suspects that he is more trustworthy than he appears, while her father's secretary conceals an alliance with the thieves. Tom and his horse become central to exposing the inside connection.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
63:12
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Lewis Seiler · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsLewis Seiler

Inspirations

The Tom Mix adventure adapts Paul Leicester Ford's railroad story. Suspicion depends on outward appearances, allowing the supposed outlaw to become the investigator while a respectable employee protects the gang.

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  • Tom Mix — National Photo Company Collection; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID npcc.13634 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . · Public domain

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