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The Master Mystery

(1918)

November 18, 1918• 3h 58m
65%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Harry Grossman

Director

Top Billed Cast

HH

Harry Houdini

Quentin Locke

MM

Marguerite Marsh

Eva Brent

RS

Ruth Stonehouse

Zita Dane

EB

Edna Britton

De Luxe Dora

WP

William Pike

Paul Balcom

CEG

Charles E. Graham

Herbert Balcom

FB

Floyd Buckley

Q the Automaton

JB

Jack Burns

Peter Brent

SK

Sam Kim