{"title":"The Mile-a-Minute Man","originalTitle":"The Mile-a-Minute Man","src":"","srcset":"","rate":null,"numVotes":null,"year":1926,"runtime":50,"isAdult":null,"type":null,"actors":[{"id":"6345246","name":"William Fairbanks","const":"nm0265490"},{"id":"6345247","name":"Virginia Brown Faire","const":"nm0265551"},{"id":"6345248","name":"George Periolat","const":"nm0673814"},{"id":"6345249","name":"Jane Keckley","const":"nm0444274"},{"id":"6345250","name":"George Chesebro","const":"nm0156173"},{"id":"6345251","name":"Barney Furey","const":"nm0298854"},{"id":"6345252","name":"Paul Dennis","const":"nm0219534"},{"id":"6345253","name":"Hazel Howell","const":"nm0397978"}],"directors":[{"id":"76909","name":"Jack Nelson","const":"nm0625424"}],"writers":[{"id":"129032","name":"Edward J. Meagher","const":"nm0575099"}],"countries":[{"id":"1","name":"United States","short":"us"}],"languages":[{"id":"1","name":"English","short":"en"}],"genres":[{"id":"2","title":"Drama"}],"metacritic":null,"releaseDate":"1926\/12\/1","plot":"Old Ironsides, an automobile manufacturer, is infuriated to learn that his competitor, Greydon, has improved the motor on his racing \u0022Greyhound,\u0022 which is superior to his own \u0022Skyrocket.\u0022 His son Speedy, the factory superintendent, who is in love with Paula Greydon, informs his father that a new high speed carburetor will restore supremacy to the Rockett car. At a social affair, Mr. Rockett and his son become involved with fortune hunters Eleanor Hoyt and Mrs. Pennywaite, aided and abetted by Brett, who is an avid suitor of Paula\u0027s and has a financial investment in the Greydon car. Later he attempts to waylay Speedy, and in desperation he kidnaps him the night before the race; after many difficulties, Speedy escapes, reaches the track via airplane, and wins the race, in spite of Brett\u0027s attempts at sabotage. Paula and Speedy\u0027s marriage consolidates the business firms.","wins":0,"nominations":0,"casts":[{"name":"William Fairbanks","code":"nm0265490","characters":"S.P. \u0027Speedy\u0027 Rockett"},{"name":"Virginia Brown Faire","code":"nm0265551","characters":"Paul Greydon"},{"name":"George Periolat","code":"nm0673814","characters":"C.O. \u0027Old Ironsides\u0027 Rockett"},{"name":"Jane Keckley","code":"nm0444274","characters":"Mrs. J.P. Greydon"},{"name":"George Chesebro","code":"nm0156173","characters":"James Brett"},{"name":"Barney Furey","code":"nm0298854","characters":"Joe Weeks"},{"name":"Paul Dennis","code":"nm0219534","characters":"Bob"},{"name":"Hazel Howell","code":"nm0397978","characters":"Eleanor Hoyt"}],"budget":null,"lifetimeGross":null,"openingWeekendGross":null,"worldwideGross":null,"keywords":[{"text":"melodrama"}],"production":[{"id":"co0135376","text":"Camera Pictures"}],"prestigiousAwardSummary":null,"moreLikeThisTitles":[]}