The Flying Torpedo

John B. O'Brien
1916-03-12


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50 min

In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American officials, coming to the realisation that the country is basically defenceless, offer $1,000,000 to anyone who can come up with a weapon to defeat the invaders. Winthrop Clavering, a writer and inventor, hears of the reward and tells his friend Bartholomew Thompson, a scientist and inventor who has been working on developing flying torpedo. However, enemy agents have also heard about Thompson's project, and set out to kill him and steal his plans. This film is now considered lost.

Cast

Name Character Team
John Emerson Winthrop Clavering Unowned
Bessie Love Hulda Unowned
Spottiswoode Aitken Bartholomew Thompson Unowned
W.E. Lawrence William Haverman (as William E. Lawrence) Unowned
Fred J. Butler Chief of International Crooks Unowned
Raymond Wells Accomplice Unowned
Lucille Young Accomplice Unowned
Erich von Stroheim Accomplice Unowned
Viola Barry Adelaide E. Thompson Unowned
Ralph Lewis Head of the Board Unowned