The Wright Idea (1928)
1h 10m
Running Time
August 5, 1928Release Date
Plot.
A chipper young inventor seems to have a stroke of good luck when an eccentric millionaire gives him a yacht as a gift… but the “millionaire” is really an escapee from an asylum and the yacht is being used to smuggle illicit spirits by a gang of bootleggers. Can’t win ‘em all…
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Cast & Crew.

Johnny Hines
Johnny Wright

Louise Lorraine
Helen

Edmund Breese
Mr. Filbert

Fred Kelsey
M. T. Flatt

Henry A. Barrows
Mr. Smoot

Henry Hebert
Mr. Stein

Walter James
Captain Sandy

Charles Hines
Director

Charles Giblyn
Mr. Carter

Jack Townley
Writer

Jack McHugh
Spec

C.C. Burr
Producer

J. Barney Sherry
O.J. Gude

William M. Miller
Cinematography

George Amy
Editor

Paul Perez
Writer

William Miller
Cinematographer

Al Wilson
Cinematographer
Details.
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The Wright Idea is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Louise Lorraine, and Edmund Breese.