Slow as Lightning
Released: December 19, 1923Runtime: 57 min
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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Kenneth Macdonald
as Jimmie March
Billy Red Jones
as Jimmie March - as a Child
Edna Pennington
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Gordon Sackville
as E.J. Philips
William Berke
as Mortimer Fenton
William Malan
as Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman
Joe Bonner
as Tony Guasti - the Italian
Max Asher
as Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew
Otto Metzetti
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