Slow as Lightning

Grover Jones
1923-12-19


5
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!

Cast

Name Character Team
Kenneth MacDonald Jimmie March Unowned
Billy 'Red' Jones Jimmie March - as a Child Unowned
Edna Pennington Eleanor Philips Unowned
Gordon Sackville E.J. Philips Unowned
William Berke Mortimer Fenton Unowned
William Malan Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman (as William Mahlen) Unowned
Max Asher Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew Unowned
Otto Metzetti Chief of Crooks Unowned