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The Steel Trail
Also known as 鉄路の猛者 in Japan
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by William Duncan

Cast: William Duncan [Bruce Boyd], Edith Johnson [Judith Armstrong], Harry Carter [Mark Zabel], Ralph McCullough [Frank Norton], Harry Woods [Morris Blake], John Cossar [Colonel John Armstrong], Albert J. Smith [Ralph Dayton], Janet Ford [Helen Dayton], Mabel Randall [Anna], Cathleen Calhoun (Catherine Doucet) [Olga], Frank Whitson

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal Special]. / Scenario by George H. Plympton and Karl R. Coolidge, from a screen story by Paul M. Bryan and George H. Plympton. Cinematography by George Robinson. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Intrigue,” released 27 August 1923; [2] “Dynamite,” released 3 September 1923; [3] “Wild Fire,” released 10 September 1923; [4] “Blown From the Cliff,” released 17 September 1923; [5] “Headed On,” released 24 September 1923; [6] “Crushed,” released 1 October 1923; [7] “The Gold Rush,” released 8 October 1923; [8] “Judith’s Peril,” released 15 October 1923; [9] “The Dam Bursts,” released 22 October 1923; [10] “The Trap,” released 29 October 1923; [11] “The Fight on the Cliff,” released 5 November 1923; [12] “The Tottering Bridge,” released 12 November 1923; [13] “Between Two Fires,” released 19 November 1923; [14] “Burning Flames,” released 26 November 1923; [15] “Ten Seconds to Go,” released 3 December 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in Finland beginning 19 May 1929.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : A fragmentary print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Railroads - Serials - Transportation: Trains

Listing updated: 26 April 2020.

References: Braff-Universal n. 7624; Edmonds-BigU pp. 125, 128; Lahue-Continued pp. 110, 238-239, 288 : ClasIm-224 p. 55 : Website-SerSq.

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