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
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.
- Release date
- November 18, 1918
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Harry Houdini as Quentin Locke
- Marguerite Marsh as Eva Brent
- Ruth Stonehouse as Zita Dane
- Edna Britton as De Luxe Dora
- William Pike as Paul Balcom
- Charles E. Graham as Herbert Balcom
- Floyd Buckley as Q the Automaton
- Jack Burns as Peter Brent
- Sam Kim
Crew
- Harry Grossman · Director
- Burton L. King · Director
- Arthur B. Reeve · Writer
- Charles Logue · Writer
- B.A. Rolfe · Producer
- Michael Mortilla · Composer
- William A. Reinhart · Cinematographer