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The Master Mystery

The Master Mystery (1918)

3h 58m | PG-13

⭐ 6 / 10

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.

Director: Harry Grossman

Studio: Rolfe Photoplays

Genre: Action, Mystery

Video: 720p

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Cast

Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini

as Quentin Locke

Marguerite Marsh

Marguerite Marsh

as Eva Brent

Ruth Stonehouse

Ruth Stonehouse

as Zita Dane

Edna Britton

Edna Britton

as De Luxe Dora

William Pike

William Pike

as Paul Balcom

Charles E. Graham

Charles E. Graham

as Herbert Balcom