The Juggernaut
Maine Silent Film Festival 2023
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19-Apr-1915
Back in college, John Ballard saved Philip Hardin’s life. Twenty years later, John is the district attorney and Philip is president of a railroad notorious for its accident record. When John brings a suit against the railroad, Philip threatens to reveal a ruinous secret about John unless he drops the case. Meanwhile, a railroad inspector discovers that a trestle is in eminent danger of collapse and the express Philip’s daughter is aboard is about to cross it.
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