The Secret Game
(1917) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William C. de Mille

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa [T. Nara-Nara], Florence Vidor [Kitty Little], Jack Holt [Major John Northfield], Charles Ogle [Dr. Ebell Smith], Mayme Kelso [Miss Loring], Raymond Hatton [‘Mrs. Harris’]; Myrtle Stedman

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Jesse L. Lasky. Scenario by Marion Fairfax, from a story by Marion Fairfax. Assistant director Harry Haskin. Cinematography by Charles Rosher. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 24 November 1917 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated [LP11743]. Released 3 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Espionage.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3907.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Drugs - Espionage: Secret codes, Spies - German-Americans - Germans (Abroad) - Japanese - Locker rooms: Lockers - Microphones - Military officers - Military transports - Offices - Pacific Ocean - Pens - Secret agents - Secretaries - Ships - Sports: Golf: Golf clubs - Treason - Uniforms - Water - Weapons: Guns, Knives - World War I: 28 July 1914-11 November 1918

Listing updated: 22 June 2006.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.3907; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 114, 129 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.