The Speed Spook

Aug 30, 1924

1h 12m

★ 3.0

Overview

An auto racer driving through a small town finds himself tangled up in a local political controversy, an election and a mystery that surrounds a supposedly "haunted" car that speeds through town with no driver and disappears before anyone can catch it.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Action

Production Companies

C.C. Burr Productions Inc.

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Cast

'Blue Streak' Billings

Johnny Hines

Betty West

Faire Binney

Chuck Brady

Edmund Breese

Jud Skerrit

Warner Richmond

Sheriff West

Frank Losee

Hiram Smith

Henry West

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