When Seconds Count (1927)
Following a rift with his wealthy father, Billy Mathewson, a young Broadway wastrel, escapes with his friend, Dizzy Durby, to the small town of Salino, where his father's company is building a dam. However, a crooked foreman is engaged in making himself rich at the expense of his employer and the villagers. However, Billy defeats the villain, and also wins Elinor, the daughter of a prominent local resident.
- Date of release
- 1927-04-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Oscar Apfel
Casting
- Billy Sullivan — Billy Mathewson
- Mildred June — Elinor
- Rose Kimman — Mimi, the Dancer
- Jerome La Grasse — Goerge Milburn
- Marie Messinger — Toots Sweet
- Jimmy Aubrey — Dizzy Durby
- Earl Wayland Bowman — Dave Streater
- Joseph W. Girard — James Mathewson
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