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The House Without a Key (serial)

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Director
  
Spencer Gordon Bennet

Story by
  
Earl Derr Biggers

Cast
  
Allene Ray, Walter Miller

Country
  
United States

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Genre
  
Action, Adventure, Crime

Adapted from
  
The House Without a Key

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent

Release date
  
November 21, 1926 (1926-11-21)

Writer
  
Earl Derr Biggers (novel), Frank Leon Smith (adaptation), Frank Leon Smith (scenario)

Genres
  
Mystery, Silent film, Black-and-white

Similar movies
  
Related Spencer Gordon Bennet movies

The House Without a Key is a 1926 American mystery film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It is based on the novel of the same name and is the first onscreen appearance of the fictional detective Charlie Chan, although the main stars are Allene Ray and Walter Miller. The film is now considered to be lost.

Cast

  • Allene Ray as Carry Egan
  • Walter Miller as John Quincy Winterclip
  • E. H. Calvert as Dan Winterclip
  • Betty Caldwell as Barbara Winterclip
  • Natalie Warfield as Minerva Winterclip
  • Jack Pratt as James Egan
  • William Bailey as Harry Jennison (as William Norton Bailey)
  • Frank Lackteen as Kaohla
  • George Kuwa as Charlie Chan
  • Harry Semels as Saladine
  • Charles West as Bowker (as Charles H. West)
  • John Cossar as District Attorney
  • Scott Seaton as Detective
  • Cliff Saum as Kennedy
  • John Webb Dillon
  • Shia Jung as The young Chinese girl (uncredited)

    • References

    The House Without a Key (serial) Wikipedia
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    The House Without a Key (serial) IMDb


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