Slow as Lightning (1923)
57 min
Our hero Jimmie March works for stockbroker E.J. Philips and daydreams of romance with Eleanor, the boss's lovely daughter. Unfortunately, Eleanor is dating Mortimer Fenton, a wealthy cad who used to push Jimmie around in college. To add insult to injury, Jimmie gets fired. All seems lost until a gypsy fortune teller foretells that he'll make a bundle playing hunches in the stock market. So, he convinces his buddies to lend him some money and invests in stocks that then start to skyrocket. However, Fenton isn't about to take that lying down and subsequently hatches a plan to wipe his rival out for good... Will Jimmie's fortune come true? Will he be able to defeat Fenton and win the heart of the girl? Watch and find out!
- Data de estreia
- 19 de dezembro de 1923
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Kenneth MacDonald como Jimmie March
- Billy 'Red' Jones como Jimmie March - as a Child
- Edna Pennington como Eleanor Philips
- Gordon Sackville como E.J. Philips
- William Berke como Mortimer Fenton
- William Malan como Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman
- Joe Bonner como Tony Guasti - the Italian
- Max Asher como Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew
- Otto Metzetti como Chief of Crooks
Equipe
- Grover Jones · Diretor(a)
- Suzanne Avery · Roteirista
- Bud Barsky · Roteirista
- Anthony J. Xydias · Produtor(a)
- Bert Longenecker · Diretor(a) de fotografia