The House of Secrets (1929)
Overview
A young American man arrives in London to claim an estate he has inherited. One of the conditions is that he signs a paper stating he will never sell the estate. When he arrives at the estate he now owns, he runs into a ring of American gangsters there and discovers that the estate is the site of some buried pirate treasure.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.627 |
Directed By
Edmund Lawrence
Crew
Edmund Lawrence
Adeline Leitzbach
Sydney Horler
George R. Batcheller
TOP CAST
Joseph Striker
Barry Wilding
Marcia Manning
Margery Gordon
Elmer Grandin
Dr. Gordon
Herbert Warren
Detective Blake
Francis M. Verdi
Sir Herbert Harcourt
Richard Stevenson
Bill
Harry Southard
Warton
Edward Roseman
Wu Change
Walter Ringham
Home Secretary Forbes
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