Mystery of the Double Cross
AKA {The Mystery of the Double Cross}
(1917) American
B&W : Serial / 30 reels
Directed by William Parke + [Louis J. Gasnier]

Cast: Leon Bary [Peter Hale], Mollie King [Philippa Brewster], Ralph Stuart [Bridgey Bentley, her fiancé], Robert Broderick [Mr. Brewster, Philippa’s father], Gladdin James (Gladden James) [Dick Annessley], Theodore Friebus, Harry Fraser

Astra Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by B. Millhauser (Bertram Millhauser), from a story by Gilson Willets. / 15 episodes (two reels each): [1] “The Lady in Number ‘7’”; [2] “The Masked Stranger”; [3] “An Hour to Live”; [4] “Kidnapped”; [5] “The Life Current”; [6] “The Dead Come Back”; [7] “Into Thin Air”; [8] “The Stranger Disposes”; [9] “When Jail Birds Fly”; [10] “The Hole-in-the-Wall”; [11] “Love’s Sacrifice”; [12] “Riddle of the Double Cross”; [13] “The Face of the Stranger”; [14] “The Hidden Brand”; [15] “Mystery of the Double Cross.” / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Keywords: African-Americans - Alibis - Animals: Dogs - Binocculars - Clocks: Grandfather, Watches (Pocket) - Communication: Radios, Telegrams (Marconigrams), Telephones - Crime: Murder (Attempted), Theft - Criminals - Deception - Disguises - Domestics: Chauffeurs, Maids - Falls - Immigrants - Lies - Life jackets - Medical: Injuries (Blackeyes) - Planks - Rescues - Restaurants: Waiters - Rooftops - Secret passages - Serials - Ships (Cruise, Submarines): Crew (Captains, Pursers, Sailors) - Street scenes - Tattoos - Tobacco: Cigarettes, Cigars - Tools: Handsaws - Transportation: Automobiles, Taxicabs - Water: Oceans - Weapons: Guns - Wills

Listing updated: 14 October 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Lahue-Bound p. 34; Lahue-Continued pp. 50-51, 179, 287; Limbacher-Feature p. 289; Stedman-Serials p. 47 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.

Home Video: DVD.