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Director
  
William C. deMille

Producer
  
Jesse L. Lasky

Duration
  

6.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Charles Rosher

Country
  
United States

The Secret Game (1917 film) movie poster

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
December 3, 1917

Writer
  
Marion Fairfax (scenario), Marion Fairfax (screenplay), Marion Fairfax (story)

Cast
  
Sessue Hayakawa
(Nara-Nara),
Jack Holt
(Maj. John Northfield),
Florence Vidor
(Kitty Little),
Mayme Kelso
(Miss Loring),
Raymond Hatton
("Mrs. Harris"),
Charles Ogle
(Dr. Ebell Smith)

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The Secret Game is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Sessue Hayakawa. It survives complete at the Library of Congress and was released on DVD.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, Kitty Little (Vidor), a German spy under the direction of Dr. Ebell Smith (Ogle), is employed by Major John Northfield (Holt). The spies are anxious to obtain information on the sailing dates of transport ships. Nara-Nara (Hayakawa), a clever Japanese spy, is on the trail of the German spies and suspects Northfield of dishonesty. However, a letter makes him suspect Kitty, whom he has grown to love. Northfield, who also loves Kitty and also suspects her, as a test gives her a blank letter which he tells her to mail as it contains transport sailing dates. Kitty takes the letter to Smith. Nara-Nara follows and in a struggle kills Smith. He then endeavors to force Kitty to go away with him, but she reminds him of his ambition to keep his sword clean and he leaves her. While going to examine the body of Smith, Nara-Nara is killed by one of Smith's accomplices. Northfield comes to Kitty, who is in receipt of a letter from her brother in the German trenches that states he is to be shot for shielding women and children. Kitty becomes a true American and the fiance of Northfield.

Cast

  • Sessue Hayakawa as Nara-Nara
  • Jack Holt as Major John Northfield
  • Florence Vidor as Kitty Little
  • Mayme Kelso as Miss Loring
  • Raymond Hatton as 'Mrs. Harris'
  • Charles Ogle as Dr. Ebell Smith
  • References

    The Secret Game (1917 film) Wikipedia
    The Secret Game (1917 film) IMDb The Secret Game (1917 film) themoviedb.org