
The Girl Who Dared
1916-03-18 · 12 min · Not rated
The smugglers seem in a fair way to escape on a stolen engine when Helen, unhitching a team from a nearby wagon, races down the road towards the railroad bridge from which a rope is hanging directly over the track. Standing astride the two speeding horses Helen leaps to the rope, and swaying in mid-air makes a perilous drop to the stolen engine as it dashes past.
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- Directors
- J. Gunnis Davis
- Production companies
- Kalem Company
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Helen GibsonHelen
Franklyn HallThe Smuggler
Clarence Burton1st Detective
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