Reckless Speed

{{short description|1924 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name =Reckless Speed | image = | caption = | director =William James Craft | producer = Peter Kanellos |based_on = | writer = William E. Wing | narrator = | starring = Frank Merrill <br> Virginia Warwick <br> Joseph W. Girard | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio =Hercules Film Productions | distributor = Bud Barsky Corporation | released ={{Film date|1924|10|09}} | runtime =50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent <br> English intertitles | budget = | gross = }} '''''Reckless Speed''''' is a lost<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Reckless Speed |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8586/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321012436/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8586/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> 1924 American silent action film directed by William James Craft and starring Frank Merrill, Virginia Warwick and Joseph W. Girard.<ref>Connelly p.400</ref>

==Synopsis== The son of an oil magnate discovers that the foreman of their works is secretly in league with a rival company. He joins forces with a female reporter to expose the wrongdoers.

==Cast== * Frank Merrill as Speed Creswell * Virginia Warwick as Vera Wray * Joseph W. Girard as Dad Creswell * Gino Corrado as David Brierly * Eddie O'Brien as Creswell's valet * Slim Cole as Mr. Jackson

== Preservation == With no holdings located in archives, ''Reckless Speed'' is considered a lost film.<ref name=":0" />

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==Bibliography== * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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|0015266}}

Category:1924 films Category:1924 action films Category:American silent feature films Category:American silent action films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by William James Craft Category:1924 English-language films Category:1924 American films Category:English-language action films