07 Jul 1917
The Fatal Ring
A silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.
The Phantom of the West
A young man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison, leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real killer's true identity. The murdered man's son sets out to locate the seven men and find his father's slayer in this ten episode serial.
Top Billed Cast
Tom Tyler Jim Lester
William Desmond Martin Blair
Tom Santschi Bud Landers
Dorothy Gulliver Mona Cortez, alias Mary Smith
Philo McCullough Royce Macklin
Frank Lanning Francisco Cortez
Tom Dugan Oscar
Joe Bonomo Keno - Beefy henchman [Chs.1-4, 7-9]
Frank Hagney Sheriff Jim H. Ryan
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