07 Dec 1903
The Great Train Robbery
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
Prairie Thunder
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
Top Billed Cast
Dick Foran Rod Farrell
Janet Shaw Joan Temple
Smoke Smoke
Frank Orth Wichita
Wilfred Lucas Nate Temple
Albert J. Smith Lynch
Yakima Canutt High Wolf
George Chesebro Matson
Slim Whitaker Indian Fighter
J.P. McGowan Col. Stanton
John Harron Lt. Adams
Henry Otho Chris
Chief John Big Tree Indian (uncredited)
Buck Bucko Lynch's Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Burns Ed (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody Indian (uncredited)
Buck Connors Jed (uncredited)
Ben Corbett Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Jim Corey Man (uncredited)
Frank Ellis Blackie (uncredited)
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