The Secret Game
In the office of Major Northfield, the quartermaster of the Pacific Coast, a leak has been discovered which may endanger the safety of American transports that are secretly carrying troops across the Pacific. Nara-Nara, a Japanese detective, is assigned to the case because his country has guaranteed safety to these transport ships. Nara-Nara believes that Northfield is guilty, although in reality it is Northfield's secretary Kitty Little, a girl of German ancestry, who is passing information to Dr. Ebell Smith, a German agent. Nara-Nara falls in love with Kitty, but soon after discovers that she is the leak in the quartermaster's office.
From the archive
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. In this spy drama, Sessue Hayakawa stars as a Japanese spy working for American interests against a German spy, played by Florence Vidor, and her cohorts. Reviews were generally solid, though box office numbers don't seem to have been recorded. Modern viewers like the cast and plot, but feel that the ending hurts the film. This version of the picture does have some film damage, but it doesn't prevent understanding of the story, and for the most part looks quite nice.
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- Director
- William C. deMille
- Starring
- Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Mayme Kelso, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle
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