
The Spiked Switch
Overview
Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, his daughter, and Hume plan to elope. Trent, with a new fireman, is suddenly taken with a weak spell and when the fireman becomes panic-stricken there is a scuffle which ends with the fireman thrown to the ground while the fast freight speeds on.
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Crew
- Director
- J. Gunnis Davis
- Writer
- Edward T. Matlack
- Production
- Kalem Company
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The Spiked Switch was directed by J. Gunnis Davis.
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The Spiked Switch was released in 1916.
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