Into the Net
Also known as Politiets Net in Denmark; Dans les mailles du filet in France; Die Mädchenhändler von New York in Germany; 紐育の魔窟 in Japan
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by George B. Seitz
Cast: Edna Murphy [Natalie Van Cleef], Jack Mulhall [Robert Clayton], Constance Bennett [Madge Clayton, his sister], Bradley Parker [Bert Moore], Frank Lackteen [Doctor Vining], Frances Landau [Mrs. Fawcette], Harry Semels [Ivan Ivanovitch], Tom Goodwin [Police Inspector Cabot], Paul Porter [Paul Mannering, ‘The Emperor’], Tom Blake
Malcolm Strauss Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathéserial]. / Produced by Malcolm Strauss. Scenario by Frank Leon Smith, from a story by Richard E. Enright as novelized by Sinclair Gluck. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Shadow of the Web,” released 3 August 1924; [2] “The Clue,” released 10 August 1924; [3] “Kidnapped,” released 17 August 1924; [4] “Hidden Talons,” released 24 August 1924; [5] “The Raid,” released 31 August 1924; [6] “The House of the Missing,” released 7 September 1924; [7] “Ambushed,” released 14 September 1924; [8] “The Escape,” released 21 September 1924; [9] “To the Rescue,” released 28 September 1924; [10] “Into the Toils,” released 5 October 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Wanted by the Police. The serial was released in Denmark as Politiets Net beginning 29 March 1925. The serial was released in Germany as Die Mädchenhändler von New York by Süd-Film Aktiengesellschaft in 1925.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 3 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Bound p. 50; Lahue-Continued pp. 241, 285 : ClasIm-225 p. 47 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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