''Speed'' is a 1922 American
action film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
directed by
George B. Seitz.
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.
Cast
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Charles Hutchison as Speed Stansbury
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Lucy Fox as Lucy Durant
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John Webb Dillion
John Webb Dillion (6 February 1877 – 20 December 1949) was an English actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California, USA. He was married to Catherine Urlau.
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as Edwin Stansbury
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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
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R. Henry Grey
Robert Henry Grey (July 17, 1891 – April 26, 1934) was an American film actor of the silent film era. He appeared in 53 films between 1911 and 1933. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in Los Angeles, California.
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Chapter titles
1. 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
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List of film serials
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
References
Notes
Rainey, 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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1922 films
American silent serial films
1920s action films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George B. Seitz
American action films
1920s American films
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