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The Speed Reporter

Spectacular stunt work by Richard Talmadge, circus acrobat and stunt man for Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., highlights this expose of a big city criminal mastermind.

Top Cast

  • Richard Talmadge

    Richard Talmadge

    Dick Lawrence

  • Luana Walters

    Luana Walters

    May

  • Richard Cramer

    Richard Cramer

    Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin

  • Frank Hall Crane

    Frank Hall Crane

    Roger Renfrew

  • Bob Walker

    Bob Walker

    Stanley - City Editor

  • John Ince

    John Ince

    Publisher Madison

  • Earl Dwire

    Earl Dwire

    Publisher John Parker

  • George Chesebro

    George Chesebro

    Blackie Smith

  • Ed Cassidy

    Ed Cassidy

    Edwards, a Henchman

Overview

Spectacular stunt work by Richard Talmadge, circus acrobat and stunt man for Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., highlights this expose of a big city criminal mastermind.

Rating

5.7 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jun 1, 2023

    Well, at least it's a "Reliable" picture! It's also a pretty rough and ready crime caper that sees enthusiastic journalist "Dick" (Richard Talmadge) investigate the probity of the chairman of the newly formed "City Reform League" after a night of crooked chaos leaves quite a few people in custody and quite a few prominent citizens under suspicion. "Renfrew" (Frank Hall Crane) is the man, ostensibly an upstanding gentleman, whom we soon realise is very much in the pocket of "Franklin" (Richard Cramer). Can "Dick" and his charming fiancé "May" (Luana Walters) save the day? To be fair, it's quite a pacy affair with lots of (overly) choreographed chases and fist-fights before a really messy and frank quite annoying denouement. Indeed, I found the leading man to be a bit of a pain right from the get-go! It's very dialogue heavy and such attempts at humour as there are probably fell flat in 1936 let alone nowadays. It's a cinema curio at best, sorry.

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