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  • Slow as Lightning (1923)
  • 57 min | Action, Drama
Slow as Lightning (1923)
57 min | 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 ...See moreOur 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! Written by waverboy See less
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Director
Writers
Suzanne Avery (story) | Bud Barsky (as I.J. 'Bud' Barsky)
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Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 1923

Release date
Dec 1923 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Kenneth MacDonald
Jimmie March Jimmie March   See fewer
Billy 'Red' Jones
Jimmie March - as a Child Jimmie March - as a Child   See fewer
Edna Pennington
Eleanor Philips Eleanor Philips   See fewer
Gordon Sackville
E.J. Philips E.J. Philips   See fewer
William Berke
Mortimer Fenton Mortimer Fenton   See fewer
William Malan
Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman (as William Mahlen) Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman (as William Mahlen)   See fewer
Joe Bonner
Tony Guasti - the Italian Tony Guasti - the Italian   See fewer
Max Asher
Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew   See fewer
Otto Metzetti
Chief of Crooks Chief of Crooks   See fewer
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