Super Speed
★ 10 · 1925 · 50m · Action · Adventure · Crime · Romance
Pat O'Farrell, a rich young man, takes a job as a truck-driver for his uncle's milk company, and falls in love with Cliare Knight, daughter of the Knight Car Company.
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