The Master Mystery

Nov 18, 1918

3h 58m

★ 6.0

a masterly drama of thrilling action and heart-interest each episode flashing with the marvelous feats of the world's most widely reputed entertainer.

Overview

In this action-packed serial, government agent Quentin Locke infiltrates a corrupt patents company, only to run into the gleaming terror of its robot protector, the Automaton. In order to save the beautiful Eva Brent and find a cure for the dreaded Madagascar Madness, Locke suffers an inhuman array of tortures and physical restraints. He is chained, tied with barbed wire, padlocked in a crate and thrown in the water, tied beneath a descending elevator, strapped to an electric chair, and bound in an elaborate Oriental torture chamber.

Genres

Action

Mystery

Production Companies

Rolfe Photoplays

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Cast

Quentin Locke

Harry Houdini

Eva Brent

Marguerite Marsh

Zita Dane

Ruth Stonehouse

De Luxe Dora

Edna Britton

Paul Balcom

William Pike

Herbert Balcom

Charles E. Graham

Q the Automaton

Floyd Buckley

Peter Brent

Jack Burns

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