The Wright Idea (1928)
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…
Director: Charles Hines
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Johnny Hines as Johnny Wright |
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Louise Lorraine as Helen |
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Edmund Breese as Mr. Filbert |
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Fred Kelsey as M. T. Flatt |
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Henry A. Barrows as Mr. Smoot |
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Henry Hebert as Mr. Stein |
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Walter James as Captain Sandy |
| Writing | Jack Townley | Writer |
| Directing | Charles Hines | Director |
| Production | C.C. Burr | Producer |
| Crew | William M. Miller | Cinematography |
| Editing | George Amy | Editor |