The Lightning Flyer

The Lightning Flyer is a 1931 American pre-Code action film directed by William Nigh and starring James Hall, Dorothy Sebastian and Robert Homans.

Plot
After graduating from college, the son of a railroad president takes a job working for the company under an assumed name to prove that he isn't as lazy as his father thinks. He falls in love but also makes a bitter enemy in the yard foreman. After exposing the man as a thief and a murderer, his antagonist breaks out of prison and seeks revenge by way of a runaway train.

Cast

 * James Hall as Jimmie Nelson
 * Dorothy Sebastian as Rose Rogers
 * Walter Merrill as Tom Summers
 * Robert Homans as John Nelson
 * Albert J. Smith as Durkin
 * Ethan Allen as Sam Rogers
 * Eddie Boland as Slats
 * George Meadows as Pudge