Movie: The Wright Idea

Top 7 Billed Cast

Johnny Hines
Johnny Hines

Johnny Wright

Louise Lorraine
Louise Lorraine

Helen

Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese

Mr. Filbert

Fred Kelsey
Fred Kelsey

M. T. Flatt

Henry A. Barrows
Henry A. Barrows

Mr. Smoot

Henry Hebert
Henry Hebert

Mr. Stein

Walter James
Walter James

Captain Sandy

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    A chipper young inventor seems to have a stroke of good luck when an eccentric millionaire gives him a yacht as a gift… but the “millionaire” is really an escapee from an asylum and the yacht is being used to smuggle illicit spirits by a gang of bootleggers. Can’t win ‘em all…

  • Release Date

    1928-08-05

  • Average

    10

  • Rating:

    5.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Girls, Giggles and Gags! Love Larks and Laughs! With Johnny's inimitable pep just oozing right out of the screen into your heart!

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