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The Rail Rider (1916)

The Rail Rider poster
Directed by
Maurice Tourneur
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man works on the railroads in early 1900s America. The film shows his daily life and struggles as a rail rider.

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What happens

The Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, and Henry West. Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ben Carré. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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