The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (I) (1936)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Jack Mulhall	...	Craig Kennedy
	Rex Lease	...	Walter Jameson
	Mae Busch	...	Mrs. Paul Gironda
	Ruth Mix	...	Shirley McMillan
	William Farnum	...	Gordon Gaunt
	Marion Shilling	...	Verna Gironda
	Bryant Washburn	...	Denton
	Robert Frazer	...	Dr. Paul Gironda [Chs.1,4,8,13-15]
	Gaston Glass	...	Louis Bouchard
	Mahlon Hamilton	...	Montgomery [Chs.1,2,5,6]
	Robert Walker	...	Mitchell
	Yakima Canutt	...	Number Eight
	Joseph W. Girard	...	Cromwell [Chs.1-3,6,7,15]
	Frank Leigh	...	Wickham
	Jon Hall	...	Hobart (as Charles Locher)

Storyline

This Weiss Serials Production film, ("Presented" by George M. Merrick who also co-wrote the screenplay and was the production manager), with the working title of "The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand" but the actual release title on the film and all the printed material related to it was "The Clutching Hand", was loosely based on a novel by "Craig Kennedy" creator Arthur B. Reeve, and was also released as a feature in addition to the 15 chapter serial, both of which were originally distributed by Stage and Screen Productions, Inc. In Chapter 1, ("Who is the Clutching Hand?"), Doctor Paul Gironda announces he has discovered a formula for the manufacture of synthetic gold. The International Research Foundation agrees to financially help him develop his formula. Just before the Board of Directors arrive at Gironda's laboratory to witness his achievement... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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