The Flaming Clue

Summary Ralph Cornell, a Secret Service agent, trails a counterfeiting gang to their headquarters in the Old Coddington Mansion, a country residence run as a boarding house by Mrs. Quail and her daughter Betty. The two women are unaware that their boarder, Aaron Prine, is the counterfeiter's chief and that an underground den exists with a secret passage leading to it through the walls of the house. Cornell becomes a boarder, and he and Betty fall in love. Prine suspects Cornell, and there ensues a battle of wits, followed by a fist fight between them in which Cornell is beaten. After many adventures, Cornell obtains his evidence but is trapped with Betty in the cellar. His men arrive in time to rescue their leader and his sweetheart, and the counterfeiters are arrested. View more details

The Flaming Clue

Directed : Edwin L. Hollywood

Written : William B. Courtney Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey

Stars : Harry T. Morey Lucy Fox Sidney D'Albrook Jack McLean

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Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Mar 21, 1920

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English None

Filming locations : Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Vitagraph Company of America

Summary Ralph Cornell, a Secret Service agent, trails a counterfeiting gang to their headquarters in the Old Coddington Mansion, a country residence run as a boarding house by Mrs. Quail and her daughter Betty. The two women are unaware that their boarder, Aaron Prine, is the counterfeiter's chief and that an underground den exists with a secret passage leading to it through the walls of the house. Cornell becomes a boarder, and he and Betty fall in love. Prine suspects Cornell, and there ensues a battle of wits, followed by a fist fight between them in which Cornell is beaten. After many adventures, Cornell obtains his evidence but is trapped with Betty in the cellar. His men arrive in time to rescue their leader and his sweetheart, and the counterfeiters are arrested. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Mar 21, 1920

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English None

Filming locations : Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Vitagraph Company of America

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