# Lightning Speed

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{{short description|1928 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Lightning Speed
| image          = Lightning Speed.jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Robert N. Bradbury](/source/Robert_N._Bradbury) 
| producer       = [William LeBaron](/source/William_LeBaron)
| writer         = {{ubl|[Randolph Bartlett](/source/Randolph_Bartlett)|Robert N. Bradbury}} 
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Bob Steele](/source/Bob_Steele_(actor))|[Mary Mayberry](/source/Mary_Mayberry)|[Barney Furey](/source/Barney_Furey)}}
| music          = 
| editing        = [Della M. King](/source/Della_M._King)
| cinematography = [Robert De Grasse](/source/Robert_De_Grasse)
| studio         = Film Booking Offices of America 
| distributor    =[Film Booking Offices of America](/source/Film_Booking_Offices_of_America)
| released       = {{Film date|1928|08|26}}
| runtime        =50 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = Silent <br> [English](/source/English-language) intertitles
| budget         =  
| gross          =
}}
'''''Lightning Speed''''' is a 1928 American [action film](/source/action_film) directed by [Robert N. Bradbury](/source/Robert_N._Bradbury) and starring [Bob Steele](/source/Bob_Steele_(actor)), [Mary Mayberry](/source/Mary_Mayberry) and [Barney Furey](/source/Barney_Furey).<ref>Munden p.436</ref>

==Plot==
A journalist in love with the daughter of a [state governor](/source/state_governor) tries to prevent her being kidnapped by a notorious criminal, who plans to force her father to pardon his brother.

==Cast==
* [Bob Steele](/source/Bob_Steele_(actor)) as Jack 
* [Mary Mayberry](/source/Mary_Mayberry) as Betty 
* [Perry Murdock](/source/Perry_Murdock) as Shorty 
* [Barney Furey](/source/Barney_Furey) as Velvet 
* [William Welsh](/source/William_Welsh_(actor)) as Governor

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0019095}}

{{Robert N. Bradbury}}

Category:1928 films
Category:1928 action films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1928 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:American silent action films
Category:1928 American films
Category:English-language action films

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