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]

Speed Wild
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Directed byHarry Garson
Written byFrank S. Beresford
H.H. Van Loan
Produced byHarry Garson
StarringMaurice 'Lefty' Flynn
Ethel Shannon
Frank Elliott
CinematographyWilliam H. Tuers
Production
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Harry Garson Productions
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • May 10, 1925 (1925-05-10)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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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

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  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 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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