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  • Lightning Speed (1928)
  • 55 min | Action, Drama
Lightning Speed (1928)
55 min | Action, Drama
Jack Pemberton, a newspaper reporter in love with Betty Standish, the governor's daughter, learns that Velvet, a notorious criminal, is planning to abduct Betty in order to force her father to sign a pardon freeing Velvet's brother, who is...See moreJack Pemberton, a newspaper reporter in love with Betty Standish, the governor's daughter, learns that Velvet, a notorious criminal, is planning to abduct Betty in order to force her father to sign a pardon freeing Velvet's brother, who is in the "big house" waiting to be hanged. Jack tries to warn Betty but to no avail, and she falls into Velvet's hands; Jack later gets on Velvet's trail, and the abductor tries to escape in a balloon. Jack rescues Betty, and Velvet falls to his death. See less
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Director
Robert N. Bradbury (as Robert North Bradbury)
Writers
Randolph Bartlett (titles) | Robert N. Bradbury (screenplay) (as Robert North Bradbury) (story) (as Robert North Bradbury)
Cinematographer
Robert De Grasse
Editor
Della M. King
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Updated Jul 5, 1928
Release date
Aug 26, 1928 (United States)

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