Going the Limit

Going the Limit (1926)

Gordon Emery hopes to marry the wealthy Estelle Summers but is ashamed of his own lack of money. He then hears that he is the sole heir of a fortune of two million dollars from his uncle. Estelle refuses to marry him, however, unless he loses all of it. Convinced that the best way to do this will be to get arrested and compel his uncle to disinherit him, he tries a to get arrested in a variety of ways but keeps failing to do so and is even commended for preventing a bank robbery.

Date of release
1926-09-12
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
50m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Chester Withey

Casting

Interesting facts

Going the Limit is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Withey and starring George O'Hara, Sally Long and Brooks Benedict. It is loosely inspired by the plot of George Barr McCutcheon's Brewster's Millions, also featuring a central character who is trying to lose money.

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