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Director
  
Joseph Henabery

Story by
  
Monty Banks

Country
  
United States

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent film English intertitles

Release date
  
January 30, 1927

Writer
  
Monty Banks (story), Charles Horan, Harry Sweet

Screenplay
  
Harry Sweet, Charles Horan

Cast
  
Monty Banks
(The Boy),
Bud Jamison
(Big Bill),
Max Asher
,
Virginia Lee Corbin
(Virginia Craig),
Charles Hill Mailes
(Silas Scott)

Similar movies
  
Hands Up! (1926), The Birth of a Nation (1915), Half a Man (1925), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), Cimarron (1931)

Play Safe (1927) is a silent film comedy starring Monty Banks. An abridged two-reel version was shown in the US as Chasing Choo Choos.

Contents

Play safe 1936


Plot

A gang of bad guys menace a man's girlfriend. She hides in a freight car and a misstep sends the otherwise-empty train out of the station with the lever pushed to full speed.

As the train gains speed, the captive's boyfriend must board the runaway train, repel the pursuing gang, get his girl out of the boxcar, and somehow get the two of them to safety. Tunnels, a water tower, a steep grade, and a frayed rope complicate the hero's task.

Cast

  • Monty Banks as Monty
  • Virginia Lee Corbin as Virginia Craig
  • Charles Hill Mailes as Silas Scott
  • Charles K. Gerrard as Scott's son
  • Bud Jamison as Big Bill
  • Max Ascher (billed as Max Asher)
  • Fatty Alexander
  • Rosa Gore
  • Syd Crossley

    • Preservation status

    Prints in 35mm and 16mm exist.

    References

    Play Safe Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Play Safe IMDb