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The Broken Circuit (1915)

The Broken Circuit poster
Directed by
J. P. McGowan
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
12 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman works as a telegraph operator and gets caught up in a dangerous situation on the railroad. She must use her wits and courage to prevent a train disaster.

silentold-fashionedaction-orientedepisodicearly cinemahistoricalplot-drivenfast-paced

What happens

The Broken Circuit è un cortometraggio muto del 1915 diretto da J.P. McGowan. È il decimo episodio del serial The Hazards of Helen (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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