Play Safe
Play Safe | |
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Directed by | Joseph Henabery |
Written by | Charles Horan Henry Sweet |
Produced by | Monty Banks Howard Estabrook |
Starring | Monty Banks Virginia Lee Corbin |
Cinematography | Blake Wagner |
Production company | Monty Banks Productions |
Distributed by | Pathe Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes (5 reels) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Play Safe (1927) is a silent film comedy-thriller starring Monty Banks.[1] An abridged two-reel version was shown in the US as Chasing Choo Choos.[1]
Plot[]
A gang of bad guys menace a man's girlfriend. She hides in a freight car and a misstep sends the otherwise-empty train out of the station with the lever pushed to full speed. As the train gains speed, the captive's boyfriend must transfer to the runaway train from a car racing alongside, repel the pursuing gang, get his girl out of the boxcar, and somehow get the two of them to safety. An oncoming locomotive, a water tower, a steep grade, a frayed rope and a broken plank between cars complicate the hero's task.
Cast[]
- Monty Banks as Monty
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Virginia Craig
- Charles Hill Mailes as Silas Scott
- Charles K. Gerrard as Scott's son
- Bud Jamison as Big Bill
- Max Asher
- Fatty Alexander
- Rosa Gore
- Syd Crossley
Preservation status[]
Prints in 35mm and 16mm exist.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c SilentEra entry
External links[]
Categories:
- 1927 films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- 1927 comedy films
- American comedy films
- Films directed by Joseph Henabery
- American black-and-white films
- Pathé Exchange films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs