Slow as Lightning

Slow as Lightning (1923)

Action Drama

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!

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  • Release Date: 1923-12-19
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Director: Grover Jones

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    • Cast

    • 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