The Great Secret

Jan 8, 1917

5h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor Zulph.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Production Companies

Quality Pictures Corporation

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Cast

William Montgomery Strong

Francis X. Bushman

Beverly Clarke

Beverly Bayne

The Great Master

Fred R. Stanton

Dr. Eulph

Edward Connelly

Bull Whalen

Tom Blake

Jane Warren

Helen Dunbar

Mrs. Clarke

Sue Balfour

Sava Laring

Belle Bruce

Eunice Manton

Dorothy Haydel

Tom Clarke

William J. Butler

The Spider

Charles Ripley

The Rat

Artie Ortego

Adventures of an American Secret Service-girl in search of an important German secret during the war. Chapters: [1] “The Great Secret,”; [2] “Marked for Death,”; [3] “The Gas Chamber,”; [4] “Below the Waterline,”; [5] “The Acid Bath,”; [6] “The Unknown,”; [7] “The Betrayal,”; [8] “A Crippled Hand,”; [9] “Woes of Deceit,”; [10] “The Inn of Dread,”; [11] “The Death Studio,”; [12] “The Chance Trail,"; [13] “Wings of Mystery,”; [14] “The Hidden Way,”; [15] “The Secret Host"

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