Slow as Lightning (1923)

Slow as Lightning

1923

Action Drama

Synopsis

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!

Credits

Director

Grover Jones

Cast

Billy 'Red' Jones as Jimmie March - as a Child

Edna Pennington as Eleanor Philips

Gordon Sackville as E.J. Philips

Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmie March

Max Asher as Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew

Otto Metzetti as Chief of Crooks

William Berke as Mortimer Fenton

William Malan as Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman (as William Mahlen)