In the final act ("Victory and Future Plans"): Speedy successfully returns the streetcar just in time, negotiates a higher price from Wilton, and plans a trip to Niagara Falls with Jane.

Speedy (1928) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Speedy
Genre: comedy, action
Released: 1928
Rating: 7.3

Plot Analysis Summary

A romantic comedy about a young man who helps his girlfriend's grandfather save the last horse-drawn streetcar in New York City from corporate takeover.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Last Horse Car

Corporate Threat

Romantic Interlude

Race Against Time

Victory and Future Plans

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

Directed by

Ted Wilde

Key Cast

Harold Lloyd — Harold 'Speedy' Swift
Ann Christy — Jane Dillon
Bert Woodruff — Pop Dillon
Babe Ruth — Babe Ruth
Byron Douglas — W.S. Wilton

Rating: 7.3/10 (111 votes)