''Lightspeed'', (also known as ''Stan Lee's Lightspeed'') is a 2006

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directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy, starring

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in the title role. It also stars

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, Daniel Goddard, and

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. It was released

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on January 9, 2007.

Plot

The covert world of government Ghost Squad agent Daniel Leight (

) comes crashing down when he gets critically injured in a building collapse triggered by the

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terrorist called Python ( Daniel Goddard). When Leight's radiation treatments are later sabotaged by Python, Leight discovers that he has the ability to move at hyper speeds, though only by risking potentially fatal

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damage.

Cast

as Daniel Leight / Lightspeed *

as Beth Baker * Daniel Goddard as Python / Edward Bartlett *

as Tanner * Michael Flynn as Dr. Findlay * K.C. Clyde as Tom Barcroft * Scott Hanks as Brian Latham * Kari Hawker as Young Nurse * Joyce Cohen as Old Nurse * James Jamison as Senator Paul Davis *

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as General Haade * Socorro Herrera as Com-Tech

External links

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