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The Greyhound Limited is a film of genre Drama directed by Howard Bretherton released in USA on 9 february 1929 with Monte Blue

The Greyhound Limited (1929)

The Greyhound Limited
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Released in USA 9 february 1929
Length 1h26
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Crime

The Greyhound Limited is 1929 part-talkie crime drama and railroad theme film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. Warner Bros. produced and distributed releasing the film in the Vitaphone process, with a music score and sound effects. The film is a follow up to the 1927 film The Black Diamond Express.

The film survives in the Library of Congress and Wisconsin Center For Film and Theatre Research, Madison Wisconsin.

Actors

Monte Blue

(Monte)Edna Murphy

(Edna)Grant Withers

(Bill)Lucy Beaumont

(Mrs. Williams - Bill's Mother)Ernest Shields

(Limpy)Lew Harvey

(The Rat)
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