INCREDIBLE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SAFETY FILM "ESCAPE FROM LIMBO" 72082

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One of the craziest railroad films of all time, "Escape from Limbo" is part Twilight Zone episode, part safety film that is just as entertaining as any half-hour TV show from the 1950's. The film tells the bizarre tale of Pennsylvania Railroad fireman Henry who apparently gets killed in a hunting accident. He ends up in Limbo where a Devil explains that he is now required to cause accidents on the railroad line -- in an attempt to gather other souls for his patron. This unique premise allows the filmmakers to show nearly all types of accidents, from switch weights dropped on feet to maiming and — death.

The film was directed by C.E. Gallagher from a screenplay by R.F. Maury, who incidentally also wrote an episode of the TV show "Sky King."

N.B.: this print is missing the main title.

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