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The Lost Express

The Lost Express

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The Lost Express

1917

0h 13m

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Thriller

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Overview

A train that is carrying the formula for a valuable form of granulated gasoline disappears before it reaches its destination. Railroad investigators and the authorities try to determine where it is and who took it.

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8 featured cast members

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Helen Holmes

Helen Holmes

Helen Thurston

Leo D. Maloney

Leo D. Maloney

Pitts

Thomas G. Lingham

Thomas G. Lingham

The Baron

Edward Hearn

Edward Hearn

Francis Murphy

Omar Whitehead

Valquez (as V.O. Whitehead)

William Brunton

Charles Bonner

John McKinnon

General Thurston

William N. Chapman

(as Will Chapman)

Creative team

Directed by: J.P. McGowan
Written by: Frederick Bennett
J.P. McGowan
Produced by: Samuel S. Hutchinson
J.P. McGowan

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