Speed is a 1922 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz.[1] The story is a typically convoluted serial plot. Speed Stansbury is heir to a large fortune. A master criminal hires someone to frame Speed for murder and bank robbery. As Speed pursues the man who can prove his innocence to South America, he himself is followed by Lucy, the woman he loves.
| Speed | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | George B. Seitz |
| Written by | Charles Hutchison Bertram Millhauser |
| Produced by | George B. Seitz |
| Starring | Charles Hutchison Lucy Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast
edit- Charles Hutchison as Speed Stansbury
- Lucy Fox as Lucy Durant
- John Webb Dillion as Edwin Stansbury
- Harry Semels as Jim Sprague
- Cecile Bonnel as Vera Harper
- Winifred Verina as Mrs. Sprague
- Joe Cuny as Hagerty
- Tom Goodwin as J.J. Stansbury
- Charles 'Patch' Revada as Pious Pedro
- R. Henry Grey
Chapter titles
edit1. The Getaway 2.Nerve 3.Pious Pedro 4. The Quagmire 5.Fighting Mad 6.Panic 7.Jaws of Danger 8.Caught 9.Hit or Miss 10.Buried Alive 11.Into the Crusher 12.Trimmed 13.Risky Business 14. The Peril Rider 15.Found Guilty
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Speed". Silent Era. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
Notes
editRainey, Buck, Serials and Series, a World Filmography, 1912-1956, 1999, McFarland & Co., Inc. Lahue, Kalton C., Continued Next Week, A History of the Moving Picture Serial, 1964, University of Oklahoma Press
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