Name: In the Diplomatic Service
Released: 1916
Cast: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Helen Dunbar, Henri Bergman, Belle Bruce

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Oct 16, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Quality Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

At the urging of his uncle, who heads the secret service, Dick Stansbury sets out to capture the elusive Dr. Montell, a foreign spy. To have access to Montell, Dick poses as the inventor of a new gun that will revolutionize warfare. Realizing the possibilities for the weapon, the usually cautious Montell lets down his guard for a moment and, while making an exorbitant offer for the gun on behalf of a hostile foreign government, asks for a demonstration. Dick gladly sets up the weapon and, now armed with evidence that Montell works for an enemy of the United States, threatens to use the gun on the doctor if he refuses to give himself up. Having gotten his man, Dick then sells the gun, which actually is completely useless, to a curio dealer for fifty cents.