Speedy

Apr 7, 1928

1h 25m

★ 7.3

You've Waited a Year for This But WOW! What a Hit!

Overview

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Speedy Trailers

Cast

Harold 'Speedy' Swift

Harold Lloyd

Jane Dillon

Ann Christy

Pop Dillon

Bert Woodruff

Babe Ruth

W.S. Wilton

Byron Douglas

Steve Carter

Brooks Benedict

Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Chauffeur (uncredited)

James Bradbury Jr.

(uncredited)

Edna Mae Cooper

Lady in Car (uncredited)

Josephine Crowell

Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Andy De Villa

Tough (uncredited)

James Dime

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

5.7

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7.2

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6.2

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8.2

The Kid

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6.0

Take a Chance

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6.4

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7.7

Safety Last!

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0.0

The Misleading Widow

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