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Lightning Speed

Name: Lightning Speed
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Released: 1928
Cast: Barney Furey, Mary Maybery, William Welsh, Bob Steele, Perry Murdock

1928Robert N. BradburyIMDb: /10

Synopsis

Jack Pemberton, a newspaper reporter in love with Betty Standish, the governor's daughter, learns that Velvet, a notorious criminal, is planning to abduct Betty in order to force her father to sign a pardon freeing Velvet's brother, who is in the "big house" waiting to be hanged. Jack tries to warn Betty but to no avail, and she falls into Velvet's hands; Jack later gets on Velvet's trail, and the abductor tries to escape in a balloon.

Director

Robert N. Bradbury

Cast

Barney Furey

William Welsh

Perry Murdock

Editor's Choice Analysis

Lightning Speed: A 1928 Silent Film that Mostly Just… Happens

So, Lightning Speed. Is it worth watching today? Look, if you’re a silent film purist, or someone genuinely fascinated by the mechanics of early cinema and how stories were told be...

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Filmography

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The Iron Test

1918 · IMDb 5.4

Riders of the Law

1922 · IMDb 4.9

The Adventures of Bob and Bill

1920 · IMDb 5

Into the Light

1920 · IMDb —

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1928

Lightning Speed

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ScoreCult MeterScore

50%Popularity51%

#99Archive Rank#475

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Knowledge Base

Lightning Speed FAQ

The movie Lightning Speed was directed by Robert N. Bradbury.

Lightning Speed was released in the year 1928.

Lightning Speed is a movie from United States.

Lightning Speed is categorised as Drama, Action in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.

Lightning Speed features Barney Furey, William Welsh, Perry Murdock, Bob Steele.

The screenplay for Lightning Speed was written by Randolph Bartlett, Robert N. Bradbury.

If you enjoy Lightning Speed, you might also like Perils of Thunder Mountain (1919), The Night Riders (1920), Into the Light (1920), The Last of His People (1919).

Yes, Lightning Speed (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Drama and Action qualities.