The Mysterious Cipher

  • Genre: Thriller
  • Run time: 12 min
  • Premiere: 1916. June 24.

Chilton, a crooked dealer in antiques, decides on a daring scheme to recoup his finances by defrauding the railroad. A car-load of cheap furniture is shipped with a valuation of $40,000 on it. Blanding, the tool of Chilton and his partner, awaits at Lone Point a telegram giving the number of the car.

Discover

George A. Williams

Chilton - Dealer in Antiques

Hoot Gibson

Blanding

Charles Dudley

The Claim Agent

Scott Pembroke

Chilton's Partner

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