03 Apr 1998
Central Station
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
The Phantom Express
Railroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.
Top Billed Cast
William Collier Jr. Bruce Harrington
Sally Blane Carolyn Nolan
J. Farrell MacDonald D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
Hobart Bosworth Mr. Harrington
Axel Axelson Axel, the fireman
Lina Basquette Betty
Eddie Phillips Dick Walsh (posing as Bruce)
Claire McDowell Ma Nolan
David Rollins Jackie Nolan
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