The Flying Torpedo

The Flying Torpedo

1916 · 50 min · War, Drama, Science Fiction

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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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
Lucille Young Accomplice
Erich von Stroheim Accomplice
Viola Barry Adelaide E. Thompson
Ralph Lewis Head of the Board

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