The public is never wrong (1953)

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Record Details:

Title:
The public is never wrong
Date:
1953
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putman's Sons
Volume:
The public is never wrong
Leaf #:
00042
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 26, 2024
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The Public Is Never Wrong key from the train. When the robbers succeed in breaking in, he opens fire and is killed in a pistol duel. The robbers, unable to find the key to the box, blow it open with dynamite. Now the scene shifts to the other bandits, who have climbed over the tender. One covers the engineer and the other the fireman. But the fireman, grasping his shovel, puts up a fight. A desperate hand-to-hand struggle with one of the bandits follows, with the men in constant danger of falling off the tender. Finally the robber knocks out the fireman with a lump of coal and hurls his body off the train. The robbers force the engineer to stop, uncouple the engine, and pull it up a hundred feet or so. The passengers are ordered out of the coaches and lined up along the tracks while being searched. One attempts to escape and is instantly shot down. Boarding the engine, the desperadoes force its driver to take them to a point several miles up the track, where they take to the mountains. Their horses are tethered in a valley. They mount hurriedly and ride into the wilderness. Now for the revolutionary flashback. In the telegraph office the bound-and-gagged operator struggles to his feet and calls for assistance by manipulating the telegraph key with his chin. Thereupon he faints. His little daughter, entering with his dinner pail, cuts the rope, throws a glass of water into his face, and he rushes out to give the alarm.