🎬 Drama

The Manager of the B & A

1916 50m Dir. J.P. McGowan

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Dan Oakley becomes a railroad manager and his attempt to slash expenses by layoffs and lengthening hours incurs the workers' wrath. With the help of Griffith Ryder, labor leader and newspaper editor, they call a strike. The water main which supplies the railroad yards is cut, and a hot engine starts a fire. With water unavailable, the fire spreads to town, but through his superhuman efforts, Oakley gets it under control. His heroic moves win favor with the workers, and the strike is history.

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Year
1916
Runtime
50m
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 J.P. McGowan 👤 Helen Holmes 👤 Leo D. Maloney 👤 Paul Hurst
partially lost film

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Questions about The Manager of the B & A

The Manager of the B & A has a runtime of 50m ( and 50 minutes).
The Manager of the B & A was directed by J.P. McGowan and released in 1916.
The Manager of the B & A is a Drama film (1916).
The cast of The Manager of the B & A includes Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, Paul Hurst, Thomas G. Lingham, N.Z. Wood.

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