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The Broadway Sport

The Broadway Sport

When A Rube Turns Villian And strikes out to break the speed records in the White Lights, there's no telling what will happen. Many of the hair-raising possibilities are seen.

Genres

Comedy

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Hezekiah Dill is a meek clerk in a store in a small town. One day a pair of criminals robs the store safe, but Hezekiah manages to lock them in the safe, and begins to pick up their intended loot. He suddenly realizes that all this money would enable him to become the "Broadway Sport" he's always wanted to be, so he goes for it. Complications ensue.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

50 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

10 June 1917

Country

United States of America

Cast

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

Hezekiah Dill

Wanda Hawley

Wanda Hawley

Sadie Sweet

Dan Mason

Dan Mason

Hector Sweet

Mabel Rutter

Mabel Rutter

Violet Gaffney

William B. Green

William B. Green

John D. Boulder

Mario Majeroni

Mario Majeroni

The Hypnotist

Jay Wilson

Jay Wilson

Plainclothes Policeman

J. Sullivan

J. Sullivan

His Counselor

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