The Voice on the Wire

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The Voice on the Wire
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Directed by Stuart Paton
Written by J. Grubb Alexander
Starring Ben F. Wilson
Distributed by Universal Studios
Release date
  • March 18, 1917 (1917-03-18)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Voice on the Wire is a 1917 American action film serial directed by Stuart Paton. It is presumed to be lost. [1]

Contents

Cast

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Chapter titles

  1. The Oriental Death Punch
  2. The Mysterious Man
  3. The Spider's Web
  4. The Next Victim
  5. The Spectral Hand
  6. The Death Warrant
  7. The Marked Room
  8. High Finance
  9. A Stern Chase
  10. The Guarded Heart
  11. The Thought Machine
  12. The Sign of The Thumb
  13. Twixt Death and Dawn
  14. The Light Dawn
  15. The Living Death

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References

  1. "The Voice on the Wire". silentera.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. "Ben F. Wilson". IMDb. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  3. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 6, 1917 via Google Books.