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Speedy

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7.3(113)19281h 26m1

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

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  • new york city
  • grandparent grandchild relationship
  • grandfather
  • coney island
  • railroad
  • silent film
  • trolley
  • amusement park
  • soda jerk
  • baseball fan
  • beat cop
  • horse chase

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Behind the camera

Director

Ted Wilde

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR7 Apr 1928
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalL4 May 1928
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical4k restoration1 Apr 2026
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG17 Mar 1929
  • South KoreaKR

    • Digital / OTT121 Jan 2022

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Speedy was released on 7 April 1928.

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    CinemaSerf

    3/5/2025

    7/10

    “Harold” (Harold Lloyd) is a bit of a wastrel. He can’t hold down a job and really only cares about watching the New York Yankees play baseball and his girlfriend “Jane” (Ann Christy). After a particularly enjoyable trip to the seaside, he decides to pop the question but she’s reluctant until her granddad “Pop” (Bert Woodruff) is sorted. He runs the final horse-drawn tram in the city and despite the encroaching railr…

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