Slow as Lightning (1923)
Our hero Jimmie March works for stockbroker E.J. Philips and daydreams of romance with Eleanor, the boss's lovely daughter. Unfortunately, Eleanor is dating Mortimer Fenton, a wealthy cad who used to push Jimmie around in college. To add insult to injury, Jimmie gets fired. All seems lost until a gypsy fortune teller foretells that he'll make a bundle playing hunches in the stock market. So, he convinces his buddies to lend him some money and invests in stocks that then start to skyrocket. However, Fenton isn't about to take that lying down and subsequently hatches a plan to wipe his rival out for good... Will Jimmie's fortune come true? Will he be able to defeat Fenton and win the heart of the girl? Watch and find out!
- Date of release
- 1923-12-19
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Grover Jones
Casting
- Kenneth MacDonald — Jimmie March
- Billy 'Red' Jones — Jimmie March - as a Child
- Edna Pennington — Eleanor Philips
- Gordon Sackville — E.J. Philips
- William Berke — Mortimer Fenton
- William Malan — Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman (as William Mahlen)
- Max Asher — Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew
- Otto Metzetti — Chief of Crooks
Interesting facts
Slow as Lightning is a 1923 American silent action film directed by Grover Jones and starring Kenneth MacDonald, Billy 'Red' Jones, and Edna Pennington.
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