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The Flying Torpedo

1916 50 min War Drama Science Fiction

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.

Director: Christy Cabanne Director: John B. O'Brien

Cast

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