Across the Continent

Jun 4, 1922

1h 0m

★ 0.0

A picture with humor, swift action and abounding love interest. The dramatic vindication of the poor man's automobile

Overview

Jimmy Dent , son of John Dent, the maker of the reliable but plain Dent automobile, is dismissed from the firm after he refuses to drive a Dent. He goes west with the Tyler family, owners of a rival automobile firm, in one of their expensive high speed cars.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Paramount Pictures

Across the Continent Trailers

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Cast

Jimmy Dent

Wallace Reid

Louise Fowler

Mary MacLaren

John Dent

Theodore Roberts

Lorraine Tyler

Betty Francisco

Scott Tyler

Lucien Littlefield

Dutton Tyler

Walter Long

Art Roget

Jack Herbert

Irishman

Guy Oliver

Tom Bryce

Sidney D'Albrook

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