"The Great K & A Train Robbery" is an action packed Tom Mix western in which he plays a special agent Tom Gordon called in to help railroad president Eugene Cullen (William Walling solve the hold-ups of his railway.
Tom arrives but unknown to Cullen, is working undercover as a masked bandit in order to study the railroad gang's movements. Cullen's daughter Madge (Dorothy Dean) is on her way home when gang leader Bill Tolfree (Edward Piel Sr.) decides that the kidnapping of Madge would yield a large ransom payment.
Tom, who had been listening in hiding to the gang's plans, rescues Madge and escapes the gang's clutches. Madge becomes attracted to the devil may care bandit while Cullen's secretary Burton Holt (Carl Miller) looks on jealously. Holt, it turns out is a snake in the grass, informing the gang of upcoming bank shipments.
While escaping from Cullen's private train, Tom meets hobo Deluxe Harry (Harry Grippe) riding beneath the private railway car. It turns out that Harry had served under Tom in another life. To make a long story short, Harry overhears Holt telling Tolfree of the railway's plans to move the shipment of gold bonds from the original train to Cullen's private train.
Using a pull car, Harry races to inform Tom of Holt's deceit. Tom manages to foil the robbery and gives the box containing the bonds to Harry for safekeeping. However Holt shoots Harry down and takes the box and flees. It turns out that the gang has a secret underwater cave hideout. Tom follows Holt to the hideout and..................................................................
In this action packed film, we are treated to many spectacular stunts. Mix is supposed to have performed them but I can't see the studio allowing him perform the most dangerous ones. The stunts involving sliding down a rope or crossing a ravine are shown in long shots where you cannot see the faces. The hard ridin' was probably done by Mix and his horse Tony.
Plenty of gunplay (although I don't remember anyone getting killed), ridin' , ropin'and fisticuiffs to satisfy all of Mix's fans. You have to laugh when Mix first enters the bandit's hideout by swimming underwater, and comes up in the cave with his hat on.
The character of "Snowball" (Curtis McHenry) is typical of the movie industry's portrayal of African-Americans during this period. He is used as comedy relief in a low and demeaning manner. Pity.
Tom arrives but unknown to Cullen, is working undercover as a masked bandit in order to study the railroad gang's movements. Cullen's daughter Madge (Dorothy Dean) is on her way home when gang leader Bill Tolfree (Edward Piel Sr.) decides that the kidnapping of Madge would yield a large ransom payment.
Tom, who had been listening in hiding to the gang's plans, rescues Madge and escapes the gang's clutches. Madge becomes attracted to the devil may care bandit while Cullen's secretary Burton Holt (Carl Miller) looks on jealously. Holt, it turns out is a snake in the grass, informing the gang of upcoming bank shipments.
While escaping from Cullen's private train, Tom meets hobo Deluxe Harry (Harry Grippe) riding beneath the private railway car. It turns out that Harry had served under Tom in another life. To make a long story short, Harry overhears Holt telling Tolfree of the railway's plans to move the shipment of gold bonds from the original train to Cullen's private train.
Using a pull car, Harry races to inform Tom of Holt's deceit. Tom manages to foil the robbery and gives the box containing the bonds to Harry for safekeeping. However Holt shoots Harry down and takes the box and flees. It turns out that the gang has a secret underwater cave hideout. Tom follows Holt to the hideout and..................................................................
In this action packed film, we are treated to many spectacular stunts. Mix is supposed to have performed them but I can't see the studio allowing him perform the most dangerous ones. The stunts involving sliding down a rope or crossing a ravine are shown in long shots where you cannot see the faces. The hard ridin' was probably done by Mix and his horse Tony.
Plenty of gunplay (although I don't remember anyone getting killed), ridin' , ropin'and fisticuiffs to satisfy all of Mix's fans. You have to laugh when Mix first enters the bandit's hideout by swimming underwater, and comes up in the cave with his hat on.
The character of "Snowball" (Curtis McHenry) is typical of the movie industry's portrayal of African-Americans during this period. He is used as comedy relief in a low and demeaning manner. Pity.