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Play Safe (1936) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1936 · 7 mins · English
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Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Starring
Jack Mercer, Gertrude Lawrence, James Miller, Max Smith

A train‑obsessed boy slips away from home to explore the real locomotives that thunder just beyond the fence surrounding his house. After he tumbles from a moving train and loses consciousness, he drifts into a vivid dream that blurs the line between his fascination and reality.

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