The Lonedale Operator (1911)

1911 · Silent film · 17 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Thriller
• Drama
• Western

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Synopsis

When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining company. The train brings not only the money, but a pair of ruffians bent on stealing it. All alone, she wires for help, and then holds off the bad guys until it arrives.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Mack Sennett

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

1911-03-23

Running time

17 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Blanche Sweet
• George Nichols
• Francis J. Grandon
• Wilfred Lucas
• Edward Dillon
• Edna Foster
• Verner Clarges
• Joseph Graybill

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