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Release year: 1918

Storyline

Justice Department agent Quentin Locke must investigate a powerful cartel protected by a robot (here referred to as "The Automaton") and using a gas weapon "The Madagascar Madness".

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Cast

Harry Houdini — Quentin Locke
Marguerite Marsh — Eva Brent
Ruth Stonehouse — Zita Dane
Edna Britton — De Luxe Dora

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Did you know

• Of the original 15 episodes of this serial, 13 survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives; the two missing episodes are chapters 4 and 10. Their whereabouts are unknown at this time and are presumed lost.

• A novelization of the serial was written by John W. Grey and then-popular mystery writer Arthur B. Reeve, who also co-wrote the script. Published in 1919, it contained many stills from the film.

• A special showing of the first four episodes were given at the Strand Theatre, New York, November 6 [1918]. Each episode contained one of Houdini's famous escapes. (The Moving Picture World, November 23, 1918)