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Another big dramatic picture by William Duncan. It is in the same class as his "The Dynamiters," of not long ago, but much more thrilling, because the suspense depends on a larger number of elements and is longer sustained. The explosion of the wagonload of nitroglycerine seems the real thing; one of the best scenes of this kind that we have noticed. We are led to expect the catastrophe early in the story. The hero, who is foreman of the oil well and fiancé of the owner's daughter, is driving a team and wagon with nitroglycerin boxes in it and is being followed by a gang of agitators who have stolen horses from before a saloon. Following the agitators, but a good way behind, are the owners of the horses in a wagon they have commandeered. The heroine has been warned of the predicament of the foreman and is galloping with all her speed to get to him by a short cut through the country. The fast galloping of the four groups intensifies the suspense to a very high pitch. William Duncan himself plays the foreman, with Myrtle Steadman as the girl, and with Lester Cuneo, Charles E. Reaves and Rex de Roselli in the cast which very ably supports the situation. It is a most desirable offering. - The Moving Picture World, January 18, 1913