Greased Lightning(1919)
"Say Sonny you can't draw money to buy one of those new fangled benzine buggies."
Andy Fletcher is a blacksmith in a country village, but he dreams of racing automobiles. He gets his chance to enter a big race, but winning is complicated by a band of bank robbers.
Movie: Greased Lightning
Top 7 Billed Cast
Andy Fletcher
Alice Flint
Alden J. Armitage
Laban Flint
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Milt Barlow
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