The Two O'Clock Train
β 10 Β· 1916 Β· 19m Β· Comedy
A young man in love with a cabaret dancer is refused money by his father. He joins the dancer and her accomplices to rob his father's bank. The robbers are discovered and killed, except for one. The situation resolves, with the characters' lives sorting out.
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