The Switchtower

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.

Cast

Henry B. Walthall

The Switchman

Lionel Barrymore

First Counterfeiter

Claire McDowell

The Switchman's Wife

N/A

Marion Emmons

The Switchman's Son

Charles West

Second Counterfeiter

N/A

John T. Dillon

Third Counterfeiter

William A. Carroll

First Federal Agent

N/A

Frank Evans

Second Federal Agent

George Beranger

A Tramp

N/A

Anthony O'Sullivan

The Storekeeper

Harry Carey