''Reckless Speed'' is a 1924 American silent

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

William James Craft William James Craft (1886 – 30 June 1931) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1910 and 1931. He is also credited with writing for 12 films between 1920 and 1928. Craft was born in Toronto ...

and starring

Frank Merrill Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army General (United States), general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma ...

Virginia Warwick Virginia Warwick (born in 1903) was an American actress in silent films. She had several starring roles including the western film '' Ace of Cactus Range'' (1924). Biography Warwick's early education came in her birthplace of St. Louis; her late ...

and Joseph W. Girard.Connelly p.400

Synopsis

The son of an oil magnate discovers that the foreman of their works is secretly in league with a rival company. He joins forces with a female reporter to expose the wrongdoers.

Cast

as Speed Creswell *

as Vera Wray * Joseph W. Girard as Dad Creswell *

Gino Corrado Gino Corrado (born Gino Liserani; 9 February 1893 – 23 December 1982) was an Italian-born film actor."Obituaries." '' Variety'' (Archive: 1905–2000); Los Angeles. Vol. 309, Iss. 10, (5 January 1983): 78–79. He appeared in more than 400 ...

as David Brierly * Eddie O'Brien as Creswell's valet *

Slim Cole Nathan Cole Hebert (born May 6, 1892, date of death unknown), known as Slim Cole and sometimes credited as King Cole, was an American actor and stuntman who appeared in a string of B-movie westerns during Hollywood's silent era. Biography Ea ...

as Mr. Jackson

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1924 films 1920s action films American silent feature films American action films American black-and-white films Films directed by William James Craft 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language action films {{1920s-US-film-stub