The Pace That Kills

The Pace That Kills (1928)

Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.

Data di uscita
1928-12-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (3)
Durata
1 h 4 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
Norton S. Parker, William A. O'Connor

Cast

Curiosità

The Pace That Kills is a 1928 American silent exploitation film directed by Norton S. Parker and William O'Connor. The film tells the story of two young people who get involved with a drug dealer and become addicted to opium and cocaine. The plot also dealt with amorality and prostitution. Similar to other movies of the genre, the final film was redone as a film of the same name in 1935 in a sound or "talkie" film format. Footage from The Pace That Kills was incorporated in the later film.

Production

The Pace That Kills was typical of the other films that Willis Kent produced during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s that were a string of low-budget westerns and exploitation films, thinly disguised as cautionary tales.

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