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The Dragon’s Net
Also known as 龍の網 in Japan; Nas Garras do Dragão in Portugal
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 12 chapters / 24 reels
Directed by Henry McRae (Henry MacRae)
Cast: Marie Walcamp [Marie Carlton], Harlan Tucker (Harland Tucker) [Harlan Keeler], Otto Lederer [King Carson], Wadsworth Harris [Doctor Redding]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hively and Henry McRae (Henry MacRae), from a screen story by J. Allen Dunn. / 12 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Mysterious Murder,” released 23 August 1920; [2] “Thrown Overboard,” released 30 August 1920; [3] “A Watery Grave,” released 6 September 1920; [4] “Into the Chasm,” released 13 September 1920; [5] “A Jump for Life,” released 20 September 1920; [6] “Captured in China,” released 27 September 1920; [7] “The Unseen Foe,” released 4 October 1920; [8] “Trailed in Peking,” released 11 October 1920; [9] “On the Great Wall of China,” released 18 October 1920; [10] “The Train of Death,” released 25 October 1920; [11] “The Shanghai Peril,” released 1 November 1920; [12] “The Unmasking,” released 8 November 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was advertised as shot on location in China, Japan and the Philippines. The serial was released in Portugal beginning 24 May 1922.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Serials
Listing updated: 5 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 76, 202, 284 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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