Perils of the Secret Service

Mar 9, 1917

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

A 9-part movie serial- 1. The Last Cigarette 2. The Clash of Steel 3. The Dreaded Tube 4. The Crimson Blade 5. The Man in the Trunk 6. The Signet Ring 7. The International Spy 8. The Master Spy 9. The Mysterious Iron Ring.

Genres

Adventure

Thriller

Production Companies

Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Yorke Norroy

Kingsley Benedict

Carson Huntley

Jay Belasco

Minna Ober (Episode #1)

Vola Vale

Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)

Claire Du Brey

Prince Feodor (Episode #2)

Jean Hersholt

Count Stefan (Episodes #2, 3)

Lee Shumway

(Episode #3)

Elsie Jane Wilson

(Episode #3)

Francis McDonald

Mr. Ober (Episode #1)

Malcolm Blevins

Saxonian Chief (Episode #1)

Clyde Benson

Prince Paul (Episode #2)

Francis Marion

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