''Lightning Speed'' is a 1928 American
action film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...
directed by
Robert N. Bradbury and starring
Bob Steele,
Mary Mayberry and
Barney Furey
Charles Manford "Barney" Furey (September 7, 1886 – January 18, 1938) was an American actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1912 and 1937. He was born in Boise, Idaho and died in Hollywood, Calif ...
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[Munden p.436]
Plot
A journalist in love with the daughter of a
state governor tries to prevent her being kidnapped by a notorious criminal, who plans to force her father to pardon his brother.
Cast
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Bob Steele as Jack
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Mary Mayberry as Betty
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Perry Murdock as Shorty
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Barney Furey
Charles Manford "Barney" Furey (September 7, 1886 – January 18, 1938) was an American actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1912 and 1937. He was born in Boise, Idaho and died in Hollywood, Calif ...
as Velvet
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William Welsh as Governor
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
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1928 films
1920s action films
American silent feature films
1920s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Film Booking Offices of America films
Silent American action films
1920s American films
English-language action films
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