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The Wright Idea

19281h 10m10.0/ 10 · TMDB · 1 votes
Comedy

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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Directed by Charles Hines

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Johnny Hines
Johnny Hines

Johnny Wright

Louise Lorraine
Louise Lorraine

Helen

Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese

Mr. Filbert

Fred Kelsey
Fred Kelsey

M. T. Flatt

Henry A. Barrows
Henry A. Barrows

Mr. Smoot

Henry Hebert
Henry Hebert

Mr. Stein

Walter James
Walter James

Captain Sandy

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Last checked 9 Oct 2026.

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Film details

Released5 Aug 1928
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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