Speedy was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd—and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his “Glasses Character,” this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can’t keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city’s last horse-drawn streetcar, which is operated by his sweetheart’s crusty grandfather. From its joyous visit to Coney Island to its incredible Babe Ruth cameo to its hair-raising climactic stunts on the city’s streets, Speedy is an out-of-control love letter to New York that will have you grinning from ear to ear.
Directed by Ted Wilde
Story and scenario by John Grey, Jay Howe, Lex Neal and Howard Rogers
Cinematography by Walter Lundin
Edited by Carl Himm
Titles by Albert DeMond
Art Direction by L.K. Vedder
Technical Director: William MacDonald
Starring Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Byron Douglas and Brooks Benedict
Music Composed by Carl Davis