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The Crimson Flash
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Arch B. Heath

Cast: Cullen Landis, Eugenia Gilbert, Tom Holding (Thomas Holding), J. Barney Sherry, Walter P. Lewis, Ivan Linow, Mary Gardner, Tony Hughes (Charles Anthony Hughes) [Dale], Gus de Weil, Ed Roseman (Edward Roseman), Howard Carey

Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Paul Fairfax Fuller; from a screen story by George Arthur Gray. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “A Shot in the Night,” released 19 June 1927; [2] “The Ghost Takes a Hand,” released 26 June 1927; [3] “When Thieves Fall Out,” released 3 July 1927; [4] “Decoyed,” released 10 July 1927; [5] “Held in Bondage,” released 17 July 1927; [6] “Checkmate,” released 24 July 1927; [7] “The Shadow of the Menace,” released 31 July 1927; [8] “Into the Trap,” released 7 August 1927; [9] “The Flaming Menace,” released 14 August 1927; [10] “The End of the Trail,” released 21 August 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 6 May 2020.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 257, 284; Stedman-Serials p. 48 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.