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A Life in the Balance

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Thriller

📜 Overview: King attempts to tighten the brake of a freight car standing near the summit of a steep grade at Lone Point. Suddenly, the brake chain snaps and the train commences to roll down hill. Helen sees King's peril, rides to a point just before a curve, crawls hand over hand across a rope which she has stretched across the track, and snatches King from the car moments before the car is dashed to pieces as it leaves the rails of the curve.

🌏 Languages Available: No Language

📆 Date Released: 1915-04-03

⌚ Running Time: 12 mins

⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Helen

Helen Holmes

King - Brakeman

Leo D. Maloney

Corning - Conductor

George A. Williams

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