A Race with Death

Film #112 in the Hazards of Helen series.

Cast

Helen Gibson

as Helen

George A. Williams

as Purdy - the Rancher

Scott Pembroke

as The Night Operator

George Routh

as The Ranch Foreman

Juanita Sponsler

as Edith Purdy - the Rancher's Daughter

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