The Lost Messenger

Film 103 in the Hazards of Helen series

Cast

Helen Gibson

as Helen

George A. Williams

as Landers - the President of the Railroad

Scott Pembroke

as Dick Benton - the Express Messenger

George Routh

as The Express Agent

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