The Midnight Limited

The Midnight Limited

1926 · 48 min · ★ 9.0 · Action, Adventure, Mystery, Romance

A freight train loses control and is barreling wildly toward the town of Benbow. A mail train is traveling in the opposite direction on the exact same set of tracks. The Midnight Limited, A passenger train carrying 300 people—including the dispatcher’s own sweetheart—is running on a parallel track. The dispatcher's desperate attempts to avert a catastrophic disaster as all three trains converge at the same point simultaneously fuels the narrative.

Directed by Oscar Apfel · Written by Jack Natteford

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