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30 September 1923 (USA) more
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Heath Haldane (Houdini) tracks down a vicious gang of counterfeiters, narrowly missing death several times. He must rescue Adele Ormsby, whom he loves despite her pending marriage. | add synopsis
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(Credited cast)| Harry Houdini | ... | Heath Haldane | |
| Gladys Leslie | ... | Adele Ormsby | |
| William Humphrey | ... | Edward Ormsby / Fuh Wong / Dr. Yu | |
| Richard Carlyle | ... | Joe Ivors | |
| Edward Boulden | ... | Raoul Usher (as Edward Bouldin) | |
| Jane Jennings | ... | Mrs. Clara Usher | |
| Charles Fang | ... | Ah Sing | |
| Myrtle Morse | ... | Andrea Dayton | |
| Irving Brooks | ... | Bruce Dayton |
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84 min
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Houdini seems to be making a bid for himself as leading man of moving pictures, as there isn't a pair of handcuffs in the film's six reels. At one point he is surround by the bad guy's henchmen and knocked unconscious and then - after their leader says "You know what to do with him!" -- thrown in the river...but is not bound in chains, stuffed in a sack, locked in a trunk etc. The film's sets and costumes are great, and the location footage in NYC, London and Paris are nice to see. The story and plot is contained in main dialog inter-titles, and feels like one of those silent films that was a stage play first, with a lot of scenes of people standing around doing exposition via inter-titles. At best this film is an interesting curiosity, and the surviving print looks great and is complete.