Overview

"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.

Genres

Cast

Henry B. Walthall

The Switchman

Lionel Barrymore

First Counterfeiter

Claire McDowell

The Switchman's Wife

Charles West

Second Counterfeiter

William A. Carroll

First Federal Agent

George Beranger

A Tramp

Harry Carey