The Mystery of the Double Cross (1917)
The Mystery of the Double Cross is a 1917 film and one of the few American silent action film serials to survive in complete form. It was directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke, from a story written by Gilson Willets, produced by the Astra film Corporation and released in weekly chapters by Pathé, starting March 18, 1917.
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