The Mysterious Cipher (1916)
Chilton, a crooked dealer in antiques, decides on a daring scheme to recoup his finances by defrauding the railroad. A car-load of cheap furniture is shipped with a valuation of $40,000 on it. Blanding, the tool of Chilton and his partner, awaits at Lone Point a telegram giving the number of the car.
- Date of release
- 1916-06-24
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- J. Gunnis Davis
- Collection
- The Hazards of Helen
Casting
- Helen Gibson — Helen
- George A. Williams — Chilton - Dealer in Antiques
- Hoot Gibson — Blanding
- Charles Dudley — The Claim Agent
- Scott Pembroke — Chilton's Partner
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