The Broadway Sport

When A Rube Turns Villian And strikes out to break the speed records in the White Lights, there's no telling what will happen. Many of the hair-raising possibilities are seen.

The Broadway Sport — Plot

Hezekiah Dill is a meek clerk in a store in a small town. One day a pair of criminals robs the store safe, but Hezekiah manages to lock them in the safe, and begins to pick up their intended loot. He suddenly realizes that all this money would enable him to become the "Broadway Sport" he's always wanted to be, so he goes for it. Complications ensue.

• Release date
• June 10, 1917
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Carl Harbaugh

The Broadway Sport — Cast

Stuart Holmes Hezekiah Dill Wanda Hawley Sadie Sweet Dan Mason Hector Sweet

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Mabel Rutter Violet Gaffney

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William B. Green John D. Boulder

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Mario Majeroni The Hypnotist

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Jay Wilson Plainclothes Policeman

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J. Sullivan His Counselor