The Master Mystery (1918)
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.
Directors: Harry Grossman, Burton L. King.
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Harry Houdini as Quentin Locke |
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Marguerite Marsh as Eva Brent |
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Ruth Stonehouse as Zita Dane |
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Edna Britton as De Luxe Dora |
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William Pike as Paul Balcom |
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Charles E. Graham as Herbert Balcom |
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Floyd Buckley as Q the Automaton |
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Jack Burns as Peter Brent |
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Sam Kim as |
| Directing | Harry Grossman | Director |
| Directing | Burton L. King | Director |
| Writing | Arthur B. Reeve | Author |
| Writing | Charles Logue | Author |
