The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.
Theodore von Eltz
- Ed Tyler
- (as Theodor Von Eltz)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Higgins
- (as Guinn Williams)
Harry Allen
- McGregor aka Mac
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Detective
- (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
- Ed Lowery - Train Engineer
- (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
- Brent
- (uncredited)
Mary Carr
- Mother on Train
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Trainman
- (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
- Boulder Dam Foreman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe train in the film was the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy RR's "Pioneer Zephyr" passenger train. After the train was retired from service in 1960 it was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago where it is still on display.
- GoofsOne of the repairmen on the Silver Streak (Higgins) tosses away a cigarette that he was holding in a wrench, but in the very next instant he has another fully lit cigarette.
- Crazy credits[At the bottom of the list of players] Burlington Zephyr as 'The Silver Streak'.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Victorious: Jade Dumps Beck (2010)
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Zeit-Gheist Movie for the 30's
This movie really echoes the spirit of it's time. Everything then was progress & technology. The plot is the worst part of the film. It is terribly predictable & hackneyed. The film is also way short; 72 minutes for the version I have (barely 5 reels). The scenes at Hoover Dam could easily have been expanded to develop atmosphere & the brother/friend's character. The dam scenes are very interesting & show a human side to the massive project. Rail fans such as myself seek out this film (getting it is not easy) for the footage of the famous Pioneer Zephyr. This train is the forerunner of the French GTV & the Japanese Super Trains among many others. It was a technological marvel of it's time. The train has survived & is on display (magnificently restored) at The Chicago Museum of Science & Industry in a specially built vault below street level. There is an excellent use of montage early in the film as the father sees the history of railroading in his mind's eye. It is very well integrated into the story & not as 'In Your Face' as most montages are. The acting style has that curiously stiff feel of many of the early sound films. I think it has more to do with the director's uncertainty in the new technology than with the cast's talent. None of the cast were ever big time but they are attractive & reasonably well suited for their parts. I was pleasantly surprised to find it watchable. I had thought I would have to fast forward to the train footage that I bought the film to get.
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- tvsterling
- Jul 24, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Серебряная стрела
- Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA(A Century of Progress International Exposition)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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