The read
It runs a compact 1h 2m.
Synopsis
Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks. Jimmy tries to fix it but has to jump off at the last minute. Unfortunately, stories begin to circulate that he turned coward and jumped off the train first, letting it be destroyed rather than try to save it. He sets out to clear his name.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- John P. McCarthyDirector
Cast
- Charles StarrettJim Martin
- Ruth HallNona Winters
- George 'Gabby' HayesTimothy Shine
- Robert ElliottCasey Jones
- Margaret SeddonMrs. Mary Martin
- Jackie SearlJimmy Martin as a Boy
- George WalshWild Bill Bronson
- Gordon De MainIke MacFarland (as G. D. Wood)
- George NashFireman
- Anne HowardMrs Curtis
Stills
Themes
trainrailroad