The Fatal Hour (1908)

2.5/10 12 min Crime Thriller Adventure

Overview

A young woman (Linda Arvidson) is kidnapped by a band of opportunistic Chinese slavers, led by devious Pong Lee (Harry Solter). A resourceful female police operative (Marion Leonard) is determined to rescue her, and tracks the mastermind of the kidnap plot, Hendricks (George Gebhardt). Though successful in her rescue effort, the rescuer ends up being made a prisoner herself. The slavers plan to make her the victim of a pistol shot to be triggered by the hands of a clock. The heroine is rescued by police seconds before the hands of the clock reach the "fatal hour".

Cast

George Gebhardt

Hendricks

Harry Solter

Pong Lee

Linda Arvidson

Kidnapped Woman

Florence Auer

D.W. Griffith

Policeman

Marion Leonard

Jeanie Macpherson

Mack Sennett

Policeman

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