# The Fast Freight

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{{short description|1922 American comedy film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Fast Freight
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [James Cruze](/source/James_Cruze)
| producer       = [Adolph Zukor](/source/Adolph_Zukor)<br>[Jesse L. Lasky](/source/Jesse_L._Lasky)
| writer         = [Curtis Benton](/source/Curtis_Benton)
| starring       = [Fatty Arbuckle](/source/Roscoe_Arbuckle)
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures)
| released       = {{film date|1922|6|18}}
| runtime        = 5 [reels](/source/reel) 
| country        = United States 
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film)<br>English intertitles
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''The Fast Freight''''' is a 1922 American [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) starring [Fatty Arbuckle](/source/Roscoe_Arbuckle). The film was not released in the US, due to Arbuckle's involvement in the [Virginia Rappe](/source/Virginia_Rappe) [scandal](/source/Roscoe_Arbuckle).<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FreightPrepaid1922.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Fast Freight |accessdate=July 15, 2010|work=Silent Era}}</ref> The film is also known as ''Via Fast Freight'', ''Handle with Care'' and ''Freight Prepaid''.<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8957-THE-FAST-FREIGHT |title=''The Fast Freight'' |work=afi.com |access-date=March 3, 2026}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{no plot|date=March 2024}}

==Cast==
* [Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle](/source/Roscoe_Arbuckle) as Ras Berry
* [Lila Lee](/source/Lila_Lee) as Elsie
* [Nigel Barrie](/source/Nigel_Barrie) as John Hammond
* [Herbert Standing](/source/Herbert_Standing) as Peter Hammond
* [Raymond Hatton](/source/Raymond_Hatton)

==Preservation==
In February of 2021, ''The Fast Freight'' was cited by the [National Film Preservation Board](/source/National_Film_Preservation_Board) on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore [presumed lost](/source/Lost_Film).<ref name="Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/SFF-LostFilmsList020421.pdf |title=7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) |publisher=National Film Preservation Board |access-date=March 3, 2026}}</ref><ref name="American Silent Feature Film Database">{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5149/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321012602/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5149/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: ''The Fast Freight'' |access-date=2026-03-03 |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of American films of 1922](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1922)
* [Fatty Arbuckle filmography](/source/Fatty_Arbuckle_filmography)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0012157}}

{{James Cruze}}

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Category:1922 films
Category:1922 comedy films
Category:1922 lost films
Category:1922 American films
Category:1922 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films directed by James Cruze
Category:Lost American silent comedy films
Category:Paramount Pictures films

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