The Purple Cipher (1920)

Özet

Jeanne Baldwin, Leonard Staunton, Alan Fitzhugh and Jack Baldwin are guided on a tour of underground dens in Chinatown by Hop Lee. During their trip, Wang Foo abducts Jeanne, and she and her companions are rescued through the intervention of private detective Frank Condon. Three months later, Fitzhugh is missing, supposedly murdered by the Chinese. Jack Baldwin is threatened, poisoned and his body disappears. Next, a threat against Jeanne is received by Staunton. To save her life, he is to meet the blackmailers at a bay in the harbor. Enlisting the aid of a submarine, Staunton captures the three conspirators, who turn out to be the missing victims in the case, led by Condon. The three had planned the escapade to extort money from Staunton. The mystery thus resolved, Staunton and Jeanne are married. A lost film.

Oyuncular

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  Earle Williams

  Leonard Staunton

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  Vola Vale

  Jeanne Baldwin

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  Ernest Shields

  Jack Baldwin

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  Allan Forrest

  Alan Fitzhugh

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  Henry A. Barrows

  Frank Condon

• Goro Kino

  Hop Lee

• Frank M. Seki

  Wong Foo

• Arthur Redden

Ekip

Yönetmen

Chester Bennett

Senaryo

J. Grubb Alexander

Hikâye / Eser

Murray Leinster

Görüntü yönetmeni

Jack MacKenzie