Across the Continent

Across the Continent

Across the Continent

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Across the Continent

"A picture with humor, swift action and abounding love interest. The dramatic vindication of the poor man's automobile"

1922

1h 0m

8.0(1 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Overview

Jimmy Dent , son of John Dent, the maker of the reliable but plain Dent automobile, is dismissed from the firm after he refuses to drive a Dent. He goes west with the Tyler family, owners of a rival automobile firm, in one of their expensive high speed cars.

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Paramount Pictures

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

Jimmy Dent

Mary MacLaren

Mary MacLaren

Louise Fowler

Theodore Roberts

Theodore Roberts

John Dent

Betty Francisco

Betty Francisco

Lorraine Tyler

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Scott Tyler

Walter Long

Walter Long

Dutton Tyler

Jack Herbert

Art Roget

Guy Oliver

Guy Oliver

Irishman

Sidney D'Albrook

Sidney D'Albrook

Tom Bryce

Creative team

Directed by: Phil Rosen
Written by: Byron Morgan
Produced by: Jesse L. Lasky

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