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'The Master Mystery' is a 1918 American mystery silent serial film told in 15 installments. The film was directed by Harry Grossman and Burton L. King and written by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles Logue. The film stars Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Ruth Stonehouse, Edna Britton, William Pike, and Charles Graham. Episode 1 was released on November 18, 1918, by Octagon Films. It is one of the first films to feature a powered exoskeleton.



Plot



Justice Department agent Quentin Locke is investigating a powerful cartel that is protected by The Automaton, a robot. However, it uses a gas weapon known as The Madagascar Madness.

Cast



*Harry Houdini as Quentin Locke

*Marguerite Marsh as Eva Brent

*Ruth Stonehouse as Zita Dane

*Edna Britton as De Luxe Dora

*William Pike as Paul Balcom

*Charles Graham as Herbert Balcom

*Floyd Buckley as Q the Automaton

*Jack Burns as Peter Brent

Episodes



#'Living Death'

#'The Iron Terror'

#'The Water Peril'

#'The Test'

#'The Chemists Shop'

#'The Mad Genius'

#'Barbed Wire'

#'The Challenge'

#'The Madagascan Madness'

#'The Binding Ring'

#'The Net'

#'The Death Noose'

#'The Flash of Death'

#'The Tangled Web'

#'Bound at Last; or, Unmasking of the Automaton'

References




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