A Desperate Leap

A Desperate Leap — Plot

As the freight train on which are riding Mike and Leary, two knights of the road, passes the station at Hynes, the tramps steal the mail bag which had been placed on the crane by the postmaster of that place. They jump from the train in a secluded spot and start to rifle the bag.

• Release date
• November 27, 1915
• Runtime
• 13 min
• Genres
• Thriller
• Director
• J.P. McGowan

A Desperate Leap — Cast

Helen Holmes Helen Leo D. Maloney Tom Walker

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George Perry The Postmaster

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George Cummings The Jewelry Store Manager

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C.E. Horn Mike

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Joe Neary Leary

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G.H. Wesschusen The Sheriff J.P. McGowan