A Life in the Balance

A Life in the Balance

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 3, 1915

Runtime

0h 12m

Genres

Thriller

Original Title

A Life in the Balance

Production Companies

Kalem Company

Director

J.P. McGowan

Description

King attempts to tighten the brake of a freight car standing near the summit of a steep grade at Lone Point. Suddenly, the brake chain snaps and the train commences to roll down hill. Helen sees King's peril, rides to a point just before a curve, crawls hand over hand across a rope which she has stretched across the track, and snatches King from the car moments before the car is dashed to pieces as it leaves the rails of the curve.