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An Alien Enemy
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Wallace Worsley

Cast: Louise Glaum [Neysa von Igel / Frau Meyer], Mary Jane Irving [Fraulein Bertha Meyer], Thurston Hall [David J. Hale], Albert Allardt [Emil Koenig], Charles Hammond [Adolph Schmidt], Jay Morley [Mayor Samuel J. Putnam], Roy Laidlaw [Lewis Meyer], Joseph J. Dowling [Baron von Mecklin], Clifford Alexander [the wireless operator]

Paralta Plays, Incorporated, production; distributed by W.W. Hodkinson Corporation. / Scenario by Monte M. Katterjohn, from a screen story by Monte M. Katterjohn. Cinematography by L. Guy Wilky. / Released 1 April 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: Intelligence and The Iron Beast. Glaum’s first film for Paralta.

Drama: World War I.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0056.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children: Orphans - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Espionage: Spies - Marriage - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 16 August 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0056; Slide-Aspects p. 85.