The Master Mystery

a masterly drama of thrilling action and heart-interest each episode flashing with the marvelous feats of the world's most widely reputed entertainer.

The Master Mystery — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 18, 1918
• Runtime
• 238 min
• Genres
• Action, Mystery
• Director
• Harry Grossman

The Master Mystery — Cast

Harry Houdini Quentin Locke Marguerite Marsh Eva Brent Ruth Stonehouse Zita Dane

E

Edna Britton De Luxe Dora

W

William Pike Paul Balcom

C

Charles E. Graham Herbert Balcom Floyd Buckley Q the Automaton

J

Jack Burns Peter Brent