The Master Mystery (1918)

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

238 min · United States of America · Dir. Harry Grossman

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.

Cast

Harry Houdini

Quentin Locke

Marguerite Marsh

Eva Brent

Ruth Stonehouse

Zita Dane

Edna Britton

De Luxe Dora

William Pike

Paul Balcom

Charles E. Graham

Herbert Balcom

Floyd Buckley

Q the Automaton

Jack Burns

Peter Brent

Sam Kim

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