The Switchtower (1913)

ALL 06/15/1913 (en) Drama 13 Min
  • Release
    06/15/1913
  • Production
    Biograph Company
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    The Switchtower
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor as a switchman, when the struggle between love and duty came and later to come to the aid of his parents in the hands of the desperate counterfeiters, eventually causing their capture." —Moving Picture World synopsis.

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  1. Henry B. Walthall

    The Switchman

  2. Lionel Barrymore

    First Counterfeiter

  3. Claire McDowell

    The Switchman's Wife

  4. Marion Emmons

    The Switchman's Son

  5. Charles West

    Second Counterfeiter

  6. John T. Dillon

    Third Counterfeiter

  7. William A. Carroll

    First Federal Agent

  8. Frank Evans

    Second Federal Agent

  9. George Beranger

    A Tramp

  10. Anthony O'Sullivan

    The Storekeeper

  11. Harry Carey

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 11 , Crews : 2

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The Switchtower (1913) 13 Min

ALL 06/15/1913 (en)
Drama
  • Release 06/15/1913
  • Production
    Biograph Company
  • Original title The Switchtower
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor as a switchman, when the struggle between love and duty came and later to come to the aid of his parents in the hands of the desperate counterfeiters, eventually causing their capture." —Moving Picture World synopsis.

  1. Anthony O'Sullivan

    Director

  2. George Hennessy

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer