The Silent Command
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Cast & Crew
J. Gordon Edwards
Edmund Lowe
Bela Lugosi
Carl Harbaugh
Martin Faust
Gordon Mcedward
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Synopsis
"This is one of those 'Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean' pictures. Full of the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' patriotic to the nth degree with the navy floating all over the screen. A real hero, a vamp, and a flock of thrills." (from Var review.) Foreign agents, determined to destroy the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet and the Panama Canal, after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain from Capt. Richard Decatur information regarding mine positions in the Canal Zone, hire adventuress Peg Williams to vamp Captain Decatur, thereby putting him at their mercy. Decatur, advised by the Chief of Naval Intelligence, plays along with the spies to gain their confidence. He leaves his wife and is dismissed from the Navy as a result of his association with Miss Williams. Finally, he goes to Panama, thwarts the saboteurs, saves the fleet and the canal, and gains honorable reinstatement and the gratitude of his country for his heroism.
Director
J. Gordon Edwards
Cast
Edmund Lowe
Bela Lugosi
Carl Harbaugh
Martin Faust
Gordon Mcedward
Byron Douglas
Theodore Babcock
George Lessey
Warren Cook
Henry Armetta
Rogers Keene
J. W. Jenkins
Alma Tell
Martha Mansfield
Florence Martin
Betty Jewel
Kate Blancke
Elizabeth Foley
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Notes
Subsequent to its initial release, the film was cut to 6,820 feet.
