The Eyes of Mystery

Jan 21, 1918

0h 50m

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Overview

Carma Carmichael, who lives with her uncle Quincy, is kidnapped by her renegade father Roger and taken to his ancestral Southern home. Uncle Quincy sends young Jack Carrington to investigate and goes into hiding, leading the Carmichaels to believe he is dead. Carma is at first suspicious of Jack's intentions but soon learns that the man who abducted her is actually an impostor who had murdered her father and now lives in the plantation with a group of thugs. Despite "Roger's" attempts to take Jack's life, the young man incites the thugs against him and they attack the house.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Carma Carmichael

Edith Storey

Jack Carrington

Bradley Barker

Roger Carmichael

Harry Northrup

Steve Graham

Kempton Greene

Seth Megget

Frank Bennett

Brad Tilton

Louis Wolheim

Quincy Carmichael

Frank Andrews

Uncle George

Anthony Byrd

Aunt Liza

Pauline Dempsey

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