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The Menace of the Mute (1915) | Slate

The Menace of the Mute

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.

Released: 1915
Runtime: 50m
Genres: Crime, Mystery
Country: United States of America

Direction and writing

Ashley MillerDirector

John Thomas McIntyreStory

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Cast

Arnold DalyAshton-Kirk
Sheldon LewisDavid Hume
Louise RutterEdyth Vail

William HartiganAllen Morris

Charles LaitePendleton

George D. Melville

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