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	Harry Houdini (center) and Gladys Leslie (right). Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Houdini (Harry Houdini) [Heath Haldane], Gladys Leslie [Adele Ormsby], William Humphrey [Edward Ormsby], Richard Carlysle (Richard Carlyle) [Joe Ivors], Edward Boulden [Raoul Usher], Jane Jennings [Mrs. Clive Usher], Charles Fang [Ah Ling], Myrtle Morse [Andrea Drayton], Irving Brooks [Bruce Drayton]; Bob Rose [Houdini stunt double]

Houdini Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO]. / Cinematography by Frank Zucker and Irving B. Rubenstein. / Released 30 September 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1924, 6:33] Houdini as the son of detective slain by gang of counterfeiters swears vengeance. He rescues girl from gang, but is thrown into river by them for dead, escapes, rounds them up after many adventures, brings about their arrest and discovers real leader is father of girl whom he loves.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Chinese - Criminals: Counterfeiters - Crime: Counterfeiting, Murder - Death: Murder - Escapes - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives (Arrests) - Rescues - Revenge - Secret Service - Water: Rivers

Listing updated: 24 August 2009.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.2290; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 136.

Home video: DVD.