The Flying Torpedo
1916 · 50m · N/A
Drama, Science Fiction, War
Directed by
John B. O'Brien
,
Christy Cabanne
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The Flying Torpedo
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John B. O'Brien Director
- Christy Cabanne Director
- John Emerson as Winthrop Clavering
- Bessie Love as Hulda
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Bartholomew Thompson
- W.E. Lawrence as William Haverman (as William E. Lawrence)
- Fred J. Butler as Chief of International Crooks
- Raymond Wells Cast
- Lucille Young Cast
- Erich von Stroheim Cast
- Viola Barry Cast
- Ralph Lewis Cast
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