''Speed'' is a 1922 American
action
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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, ge ...
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 as Edwin Stansbury
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Harry Semels
Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 films between 1917 and 1946.
Career
Semels made his film debut in 1917. He appeared in several Three Stooges shorts for Columbia Picture ...
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
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
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
(Film prints exist unless noted otherwise)
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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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 considered ...
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
Silent American action films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
English-language action films
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