Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

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Greased Lightning

""Say Sonny you can't draw money to buy one of those new fangled benzine buggies.""

1919

0h 50m

9.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Andy Fletcher is a blacksmith in a country village, but he dreams of racing automobiles. He gets his chance to enter a big race, but winning is complicated by a band of bank robbers.

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7 featured cast members

Starring

Charles Ray

Charles Ray

Andy Fletcher

Wanda Hawley

Wanda Hawley

Alice Flint

Robert McKim

Robert McKim

Alden J. Armitage

Willis Marks

Willis Marks

Laban Flint

Bert Woodruff

Bert Woodruff

Grandpa Piper

J.P. Lockney

J.P. Lockney

Milt Barlow

Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Rufus Shadd

Creative team

Directed by: Jerome Storm
Written by: Julien Josephson
Produced by: Thomas H. Ince

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