Speed Wild

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Speed Wild
"Speed Wild" ad from Exhibitor's Trade Review (weekly, May 30, 1925 to August 29, 1925) (page 122 crop).jpg
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Directed by Harry Garson
Written by Frank S. Beresford
H.H. Van Loan
Produced byHarry Garson
Starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn
Ethel Shannon
Frank Elliott
Cinematography William H. Tuers
Production
company
Harry Garson Productions
Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • May 10, 1925 (1925-05-10)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Speed Wild is a 1925 American silent action film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Ethel Shannon, and Frank Elliott. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Jack Ames joins the police force after getting a reputation for racing, and beating, motorcycle riding coppers. His fiancée, Mary Bryant, is wooed by Wendell Martin, the brains of a gang of smugglers. Mary's brother Charles is also an involuntary member of the gang. When Mary is thrown in front of a train in an automobile crash, Jack rescues her. He then saves her brother from the vengeance of the smugglers. When he follows the gang on his motorcycle, his machine is thrown off a high cliff into the ocean. Martin kidnaps Mary and puts her on his ship. Jack follows and, with the aid of the whole police force, rescues her.

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References

  1. Munden p. 754
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Speed Wild at silentera.com
  3. "New Pictures: Speed Wild", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (11): 63, 6 June 1925, retrieved 29 March 2022PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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