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The Train Wreckers

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The Train Wreckers	comment	A 1905 silent Western, directed by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas Edisonâ€™s production company.When the daughter of a switchman (Margaret Illington) casually wanders into the woods, she runs into a gang of bandits plotting to cause a train wreckage. They bind her to a tree to keep her out of the way, but she is rescued by her loyal dog. The Switchmanâ€™s Daughter manages to prevent the distaster by warning the people on the train of of the danger. She is applauded for her heroism, but is then knocked unconscious and captured by the bandits again, who leave her on the railroad tracks to get run over, and steal a handcar to make their getaway. However, our leading lady is rescued by one of the engineers, who engages in a shoot-out with the bandits as a chase ensues between his train engine and their handcar.While not as well-remembered today as The Great Train Robbery (1903), this was still Edisonâ€™s studioâ€™s most popular film of 1905, with 157 prints being sold.
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The Train Wreckers / int_170cf4b6	type	Heroes Love Dogs
The Train Wreckers / int_170cf4b6	comment	Heroes Love Dogs: The Switchmanâ€™s Daughter being shown owning and petting a dog immediately establishes her as a Nice Girl from the filmâ€™s very first shot.
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The Train Wreckers / int_21af4dc3	type	Heroic Dog
The Train Wreckers / int_21af4dc3	comment	Heroic Dog: The Switchmanâ€™s Daughterâ€™s dog comes to the rescue after her kidnapping, biting apart the ropes sheâ€™s bound by. Later he runs back home to her father and her lover, informing them of the upcoming danger.
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The Train Wreckers / int_23a0a0d0	type	Dragon Their Feet
The Train Wreckers / int_23a0a0d0	comment	Dragon Their Feet: There is nothing distinguishing â€œThe Last Train Wreckerâ€� (played by Broncho Billy Anderson) from his fellow bandits other than being the final one standing once the others have either been shot dead or left the scene. He even becomes a potential Hero Killer as he wounds the Engineer, before one of the latterâ€™s allies takes the bandit down.
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The Train Wreckers / int_27a42ebc	type	Spiritual Successor
The Train Wreckers / int_27a42ebc	comment	Spiritual Successor: To The Great Train Robbery (1903), another Western featuring gunmen attacking a train. Both films were made by the same director and studio two years apart, and both featured Broncho Billy Anderson playing a bandit.
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The Train Wreckers / int_27adb17a	type	Train Job
The Train Wreckers / int_27adb17a	comment	Train Job: Presumably, the bandits were planning to rob the train after wrecking it.
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The Train Wreckers / int_39884242	type	KnowWhenToFoldThem
The Train Wreckers / int_39884242	comment	Know When to Fold Them: Some of the bandits are shown running off into the woods once it becomes clear that they have no chance of winning the shoot-out.
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The Train Wreckers / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
The Train Wreckers / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Zig-Zagged. The Switchmanâ€™s Daughter gets kidnapped twice, but she also gets to heroically prevent a disaster.
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The Train Wreckers / int_5f7beffa	type	Spared by the Cut
The Train Wreckers / int_5f7beffa	comment	Spared by the Cut: Possibly Inverted. Itâ€™s been said that the film originally had an additional shot (now lost) which made it clear that the Engineer survived. Without that, itâ€™s easy to get the impression that he managed to save the life of his lover and get revenge on her attempted murderers, but got himself killed in the process.
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The Train Wreckers / int_687c78ff	type	Railroad Tracks of Doom
The Train Wreckers / int_687c78ff	comment	Railroad Tracks of Doom: The Train Wreckers try to kill the Switchmanâ€™s Daughter by having her run over by a train engine. They get a taste of their own medicine later, when that very engine sets out to hunt them down.
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The Train Wreckers / int_72cc2b00	type	The Dividual
The Train Wreckers / int_72cc2b00	comment	The Dividual: The Train Wreckers always operate as a single unit, and have no individual personality traits.
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The Train Wreckers / int_7dbd52b8	type	Light Is Good
The Train Wreckers / int_7dbd52b8	comment	Light Is Good: The Switchmanâ€™s daughter and the Train Engineers are all wearing white.
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The Train Wreckers / int_85a72ffa	type	Handcar Pursuit
The Train Wreckers / int_85a72ffa	comment	Handcar Pursuit: The Train Wreckers steal a handcar to make their getaway. The heroes then chase (and shoot) them down with their train engine.
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The Train Wreckers / int_872b9e12	type	Chained to a Railway
The Train Wreckers / int_872b9e12	comment	Chained to a Railway: While this was already a sacred tradition of stage melodrama, this is possibly the oldest surviving film to feature this trope. Though the would-be victim technically isnâ€™t actually chained, just placed on the rails while knocked out.
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The Train Wreckers / int_9a2aee13	type	Heroic Bystander
The Train Wreckers / int_9a2aee13	comment	Heroic Bystander: Our heroes? An ordinary switchmanâ€™s daughter with the conviction to do the right thing, her trusty dog, and an engineer who happens to be quite handy with a gun.
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The Train Wreckers / int_b1a7cd14	type	Tap on the Head
The Train Wreckers / int_b1a7cd14	comment	Tap on the Head: How one of the Train Wreckers knocks the Switchmanâ€™s Daughter out during her second capture.
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The Train Wreckers / int_b2f26025	type	Genki Girl
The Train Wreckers / int_b2f26025	comment	Genki Girl: Prior to her abduction, the Switchmanâ€™s Daughter is shown to be in a great mood, happily waving at people.
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The Train Wreckers / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Train Wreckers / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: None of the characters are named. Their roles are simply inferred from what we see on screen. Possibly Averted with the Train Wreckers themselves though, if you take the title to not be merely descriptive but the actual name of their gang.
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The Train Wreckers / int_cde51255	type	Antagonist Title
The Train Wreckers / int_cde51255	comment	Antagonist Title: The eponymous â€�Train Wreckersâ€� are a gang of bandits willing to commit both theft and murder.
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The Train Wreckers / int_d51263b9	type	Fake Shemp
The Train Wreckers / int_d51263b9	comment	Fake Shemp: For the rescue scene, the Switchmanâ€™s Daughter is replaced by a puppet for one shot.
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The Train Wreckers / int_e8b0f099	type	Dark Is Evil
The Train Wreckers / int_e8b0f099	comment	Dark Is Evil: Most of the Train Wreckers are wearing clothes in darker hues.
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The Train Wreckers / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
The Train Wreckers / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Three examples: The Switchmanâ€™s Daughter is rescued by her dog, after the Train Wreckers capture her. Then, the Switchmanâ€™s Daughter uses some of her clothes as an improvised warning flag to get the attention of the people on the train, preventing the attempted wrecking. Finally, the Switchmanâ€™s Daughter is rescued by the Engineer, who picks her up onto the train before it runs her over.
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The Train Wreckers / int_f485d62d	type	Battering Ram
The Train Wreckers / int_f485d62d	comment	Battering Ram: The Train Wreckers use a wooden beam as one to break down the door to the shed where the handcar is stored.
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The Train Wreckers / int_f8b3482c	type	Stop Trick
The Train Wreckers / int_f8b3482c	comment	Stop Trick: Used (imperfectly) during the chase scene to create the illusion of a shoot-out between the two vehicles.
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