The Flying Torpedo
In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American officials, coming to the realisation that the country is basically defenceless, offer $1,000,000 to anyone who can come up with a weapon to defeat the invaders. Winthrop Clavering, a writer and inventor, hears of the reward and tells his friend Bartholomew Thompson, a scientist and inventor who has been working on developing flying torpedo. However, enemy agents have also heard about Thompson's project, and set out to kill him and steal his plans. This film is now considered lost.
Directed by Christy Cabanne
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Cast
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John Emerson Winthrop Clavering -
Bessie Love Hulda -
Spottiswoode Aitken Bartholomew Thompson -
W.E. Lawrence William Haverman (as William E. Lawrence) - Fred J. Butler Chief of International Crooks
- Raymond Wells Accomplice
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Lucille Young Accomplice -
Erich von Stroheim Accomplice - Viola Barry Adelaide E. Thompson
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Ralph Lewis Head of the Board
Make it a double feature
1h 54m together
The Flying Torpedo
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