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The House of Mystery (1916)
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The House of Mystery (1916)

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Crile, a U.S. Secret Service officer, is ordered to break up a gang of treacherous diamond smugglers on the California coast. His fiancée, Grace Girard, determined to assist him, declaring herself gritty enough to wear an officer's badge. ...See moreCrile, a U.S. Secret Service officer, is ordered to break up a gang of treacherous diamond smugglers on the California coast. His fiancée, Grace Girard, determined to assist him, declaring herself gritty enough to wear an officer's badge. The smugglers are located by Crile, while a murderous assault on Crile is frustrated by witty Grace. The assaulting smuggler is dashed to death from a lofty cliff. Sam, another smuggler, carrying a consignment of diamonds in a fish basket, finding the body of the dead, takes from it the telegram from Secret Service headquarters that had been stolen from Crile. Grace trails Sam, and by her wits unearths the scheme of the smuggler, while Sam goes to the shack of "Gypsy Nell," a disguised smuggler, who believes Sam a spy. A hard fight follows, Sam made prisoner and the telegram to Crile found, which throws all suspicion upon Sam. Grace and Crile trace Sam to the shack, as Crile frees Sam he is attacked. Out of revenge, Sam turns state's evidence, which is the beginning of the end of the smuggler's reign. The leader of the gang, in the guise of an artist, holds forth in a mansion, a second house of mystery. The house is attacked. Grace secretly precedes the detectives, posing as a model; she is soon in the grip of the treacherous men. The attack of the detectives is frustrated, and Grace left in a dying condition in the vaults under the mysterious house. The gang makes its escape. Crile prepares for a final encounter. Then follows a terrific fight on the cliffs, hand-to-hand battle with the smugglers, the discovery of dying Grace. The smugglers elude the detectives finally, but witty Grace, meets the boatload in the sea, captures the entire gang and proves her right to a detective's hand, and a star of the revenue service. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Gilmore Crile - U.S. Secret Service Office Crile - U.S. Secret Service Office See fewer	The Shrine of Happiness (1916)
Peggy Wilson Grace Girard - Crile's Fiancee (as Peggy Hamilton) Grace Girard - Crile's Fiancee (as Peggy Hamilton) See fewer	Joanna (1925)
Philo McCullough Leader of the Smugglers Leader of the Smugglers See fewer	The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918)
Richard Johnson Gypsy Nell (as Dick Johnson) Gypsy Nell (as Dick Johnson) See fewer	Neal of the Navy (1915)
Adelaide Woods Mother of the Leader of the Smugglers Mother of the Leader of the Smugglers See fewer	The American Beauty (1916)