The Grim Game

The Grim Game

The Grim Game

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The Grim Game

1919

1h 11m

6.0(8 votes)

Adventure

Drama

Overview

Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive.

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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast & Crew

10 members

Acting

Harry Houdini

Harvey Hanford

Harry Houdini

Acting

Thomas Jefferson

Dudley Cameron

Thomas Jefferson

Acting

Ann Forrest

Mary Cameron

Ann Forrest

Acting

Augustus Phillips

Clifton Allison

Augustus Phillips

Acting

Tully Marshall

Richard Raver

Tully Marshall

Acting

Arthur Hoyt

Dr. Harvey Tyson

Arthur Hoyt

Acting

Mae Busch

Ethel Delmead

Mae Busch

Acting

Edward Martin

Police Reporter

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Jane Wolfe

Hannah

Jane Wolfe

Acting

George Cowl

Unknown Role

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