The Greyhound Limited is 1929 part-talkie talkie crime drama and railroad theme film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. The film is a follow-up to the 1927 film The Black Diamond Express.[1]

The Greyhound Limited
Directed byHoward Bretherton
Written byAlbert S. Howson (story)
Anthony Coldeway
Robert Lord (writer)
Joseph Jackson (titles)
StarringMonte Blue
Edna Murphy
Grant Withers
CinematographyBen Reynolds
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Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • February 9, 1929 (1929-02-09)
Running time
86 minutes
8 reels
6,114 feet
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

The film survives in the Library of Congress and Wisconsin Center For Film and Theatre Research, Madison Wisconsin.[2] The full soundtrack (except for reels 5, 7 and 8) survives on Vitaphone discs.[3]

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