The Fast Freight

The Fast Freight
The Fast Freight
Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Curtis Benton
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Fatty Arbuckle
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 18, 1922;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

The Fast Freight is a 1922 American comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film was not released in the US, due to Arbuckle's involvement in the Virginia Rappe scandal. The film is also known as Via Fast Freight, Handle with Care and Freight Prepaid.

Plot

Cast

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle as Ras Berry
Lila Lee as Elsie
Nigel Barrie as John Hammond
Herbert Standing as Peter Hammond
Raymond Hatton

Preservation

In February of 2021, The Fast Freight was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore presumed lost.

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fast Freight". Silent Era. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
↑ "The Fast Freight". afi.com. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
↑ "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Fast Freight". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

External links

The Fast Freight at IMDb

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fast Freight". Silent Era. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

[afi-2] "The Fast Freight". afi.com. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

[Lost_U.S._Silent_Feature_Films-3] "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

[American_Silent_Feature_Film_Database-4] "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Fast Freight". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

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