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  • The Face in the Dark (1918)
  • 60 min | Crime, Mystery
The Face in the Dark (1918)
60 min | Crime, Mystery

Jane Ridgeway, the daughter of retired Secret Service man Charles Ridgeway, has inherited her father's knack for solving crimes and puts her talent to work when her sweetheart, Richard Grant, is accused of robbing a bank. Her father, now a...See moreJane Ridgeway, the daughter of retired Secret Service man Charles Ridgeway, has inherited her father's knack for solving crimes and puts her talent to work when her sweetheart, Richard Grant, is accused of robbing a bank. Her father, now a bank examiner, works in collusion with two thieves who are acquainted with a master criminal known only as "the Face in the Dark." When the evidence implicates her father in the robbery, Jane confronts him, and although Richard is released from jail, Ridgeway escapes. The two crooks lead him to the Face in the Dark, but as the two men are shaking hands, the place is raided by Secret Service agents who arrest the mysterious criminal and congratulate Ridgeway for his fine detective work. Jane is happily reunited with her sweetheart and her father. See less
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Director
Writers
Tom Bret (titles) | Irvin S. Cobb (story "The Web")
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Updated Apr 21, 1918

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Apr 21, 1918 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Mae Marsh
Jane Ridgeway Jane Ridgeway   See fewer
Niles Welch
Richard Grant Richard Grant   See fewer
Alec B. Francis
Charles Ridgeway Charles Ridgeway   See fewer
Harry Myers
Jim Weaver (as Harry C. Myers) Jim Weaver (as Harry C. Myers)   See fewer
Joseph W. Smiley
CharlesHammond (as Joseph Smiley) CharlesHammond (as Joseph Smiley)   See fewer
Isabel Lamon
Rosalind Hammond (as Isabelle Lamon) Rosalind Hammond (as Isabelle Lamon)   See fewer
Alice Wilson
Mrs. Hammond Mrs. Hammond   See fewer
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