The Adventure of the Torture Cage

Mar 11, 1928

0h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)

Genres

Crime

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

P. E. P.

BFI

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Cast

Dr. Sin Fang

H. Agar Lyons

Lt. Comdr. John Byrne R. N. of the N. S. S.

Fred Paul

Private Bill Riggers

Wally Patch

Professor Harbray

Fred Rains

Betty Harbray

Evelyn Arden

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