"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen". This is episode 63 from a total of 119 weekly one reel films produced by Kalem. Helen's cleverness exposes a band of counterfeiters who later succeed in turning the tables on the railroad detectives and tying the two men to the cowcatcher of a train which they then start off down the grade. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
J. Gunnis Davis
Director
Helen Gibson
Helen
Robyn Adair
1st Detective
Clarence Burton
2nd Detective
Franklyn Hall
1st Counterfeiter
George Robinson
2nd Counterfeiter
Glen Gano
3rd Counterfeiter
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