The Switch Tower
Released: June 15, 1913Runtime: 13 min
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor as a switchman, when the struggle between love and duty came and later to come to the aid of his parents in the hands of the desperate counterfeiters, eventually causing their capture." —Moving Picture World synopsis.
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Henry B Walthall
as The Switchman
Claire Mcdowell
as The Switchman's Wife
Marion Emmons
as The Switchman's Son
Lionel Barrymore
as First Counterfeiter
Charles West
as Second Counterfeiter
John T Dillon
as Third Counterfeiter
William A Carroll
as First Federal Agent
Frank Evans
as Second Federal Agent
George Beranger
as A Tramp
Anthony O Sullivan
as The Storekeeper
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