The Purple Cipher ()


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Jeanne Baldwin, Leonard Staunton, Alan Fitzhugh and Jack Baldwin are guided on a tour of underground dens in Chinatown by Hop Lee. During their trip, Wang Foo abducts Jeanne, and she and her companions are rescued through the intervention... See more »

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Leonard Staunton
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Jeanne Baldwin
Ernest Shields ...
Jack Baldwin
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Alan Fitzhugh
Henry A. Barrows ...
Frank Condon
Goro Kino ...
Hop Lee
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Wong Foo
Arthur Redden

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Chester Bennett

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Murray Leinster ... (story "The Purple Hieroglyph") (as Will F. Jenkins)
 
J. Grubb Alexander ... ()

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Jack MacKenzie

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Albert E. Smith ... presenter

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Jeanne Baldwin, Leonard Staunton, Alan Fitzhugh and Jack Baldwin are guided on a tour of underground dens in Chinatown by Hop Lee. During their trip, Wang Foo abducts Jeanne, and she and her companions are rescued through the intervention of private detective Frank Condon. Three months later, Fitzhugh is missing, supposedly murdered by the Chinese. Jack Baldwin is threatened, poisoned and his body disappears. Next, a threat against Jeanne is received by Staunton. To save her life, he is to meet the blackmailers at a bay in the harbor. Enlisting the aid of a submarine, Staunton captures the three conspirators, who turn out to be the missing victims in the case, led by Condon. The three had planned the escapade to extort money from Staunton. The mystery thus resolved, Staunton and Jeanne are married. Written by Pamela Short

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Taglines BEWARE! That was the strange message he gave her. The secret, deadly Chinese tong had marked her. (Print Ad-News-Scimitar, ((Memphis, Tenn.)) 9 October 1920) See more »
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  • The Purple Hieroglyph (United States)
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  • 50 min
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Trivia This film is listed in the American Silent Feature Film Survival Database as; No holdings located in archives. See more »
Movie Connections Remade as Murder Will Out (1930). See more »

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