The Pace That Kills
Brief Synopsis
Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.
Cast & Crew
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Norton S. Parker
Director
Owen Gorin
Eddie
Thelma Daniels
Eddie's sweetheart
Florence Turner
Eddie's mother
Florence Dudley
Grace
Harry Todd
Uncle Caleb
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Willis Kent Productions
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 4m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7 reels
Synopsis
When Grace drops out of sight in a metropolis, her brother, Eddie, a simple country boy, goes to the city to look for her. He finds work in a department store and meets Fanny O'Rell, a city girl who introduces him to narcotics; Eddie soon becomes an addict and loses his job. Turning into a tormented derelict, Eddie wanders the city streets and meets up with Grace, who, an addict also, has become a prostitute. Grace is jailed, and Eddie enters a hospital, where, after months of agony, he is cured of his habit and allowed to return home to the welcoming arms of his family and his childhood sweetheart.
Cast
Owen Gorin
Eddie
Thelma Daniels
Eddie's sweetheart
Florence Turner
Eddie's mother
Florence Dudley
Grace
Harry Todd
Uncle Caleb
Arnold Dallas
King of the underworld
Virginia Roye
Fanny
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Willis Kent Productions
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 4m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7 reels
