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The Menace of the Mute (1915)

Young Edyth Vail, believes her fiancé Allen Morris may have committed a murder, asking Ashton Kirk to investigate the crime. The fiancé admits he went to the David Hume's home to retrieve plans for a submarine, invented by his scientist father and stolen by the murdered man, but Allen claims he left the home before retrieving the plans. Kirk uses a train conductor's punch ticket to discover the identity of the murderers, one of whom is mute, and sets a trap to apprehend the suspects.

  • Crime
  • Mystery

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Arnold DalyArnold DalyAshton-Kirk
  • Photo of Sheldon LewisSheldon LewisDavid Hume
  • Photo of Louise RutterLouise RutterEdyth Vail
  • Photo of William HartiganWilliam HartiganAllen Morris
  • Photo of Charles LaiteCharles LaitePendleton
  • Photo of Martin SabineMartin Sabine
  • Photo of George D. MelvilleGeorge D. Melville

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