The Lightning Flyer

CinematographyTed TetzlaffEdited byJames SweeneyDistributed byColumbia Pictures62 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Lightning Flyer is a 1931 American pre-Code action film directed by William Nigh and starring James Hall, Dorothy Sebastian and Robert Homans.^[1]

Plot

After graduating from college, the son of a railroad president takes a job working for the company under an assumed name to prove that he isn't as lazy as his father thinks. He falls in love but also makes a bitter enemy in the yard foreman. After exposing the man as a thief and a murderer, his antagonist breaks out of prison and seeks revenge by way of a runaway train.

Cast

• James Hall as Jimmie Nelson
• Dorothy Sebastian as Rose Rogers
• Walter Merrill as Tom Summers
• Robert Homans as John Nelson
• Albert J. Smith as Durkin
• Ethan Allen as Sam Rogers
• Eddie Boland as Slats
• George Meadows as Pudge

References

Bibliography

• Martin, Len D. Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Serials, Cartoons, and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1922-1988. McFarland, 1991.

External links

• The Lightning Flyer at IMDb