Speed is a 1922

1922 in film

-Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....

 action

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

 film serial directed by George B. Seitz

George B. Seitz

George Brackett Seitz was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, including:*The Perils of Pauline *The Exploits of Elaine...

.The story is a typically convoluted serial plot. Speed Stnsbury is heir to a large fortune. A master criminal hires someone to frame Speed for murder and bank robbery. As Speed pursues the man who can prove his innocence to South America, he himself is followed by Lucy, the woman he loves.

Cast

• Charles Hutchison
  Charles Hutchison
  Charles Hutchison was an American film actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 49 films between 1914 and 1944. He also directed 33 films between 1915 and 1938. Though he directed numerous independent silent features, he is best remembered today as Pathé's leading male serial star from...
  
   - Speed Stansbury
• Lucy Fox - Lucy Durant
• John Webb Dillon
  John Webb Dillon
  John Webb Dillon was an English actor. He appeared in 89 films between 1911 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Romeo and Juliet...
  
   - Edwin Stansbury
• Harry Semels
  Harry Semels
  Harry Semels was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946.-Career:Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and...
  
   - Jim Sprague
• Cecile Bonnel - Vera Harper
• Winifred Verina - Mrs. Sprague
• Joe Cuny - Hagerty
• Tom Goodwin - J.J. Stansbury
• Charles 'Patch' Revada - Pious Pedro
• R. Henry Grey
  R. Henry Grey
  R. Henry Grey was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 53 films between 1911 and 1933.He was born in Oakland, California, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
  

Chapter Titles

1.The Getaway 2.Nerve 3.Pious Pedro 4.The Quagmire 5.Fighting Mad 6.Panic 7.Jaws of Danger 8.Caught 9.Hit or Miss 10.Buried Alive 11.Into the Crusher 12.Trimmed 13.Risky Business 14.The Peril Rider 15.Found Guilty