The Speed Spook

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The Speed Spook
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Directed by Charles Hines
Written by William Wallace Cook
Ray Harris
Ralph Spence
Produced by C.C. Burr
Starring Johnny Hines
Faire Binney
Edmund Breese
Cinematography John Geisel
Charles E. Gilson
Production
company
C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed byEast Coast Productions
FBO Pictures (UK)
Release date
August 30, 1924
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Box office$29,156.75 [1]

The Speed Spook is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Faire Binney and Edmund Breese. [2]

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References

  1. "$6,220 Judgment on Low Gross of 'Speed Spook'". Variety. 17 February 1926. p. 35.
  2. Munden p.754

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