The Flying Torpedo
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American officials, coming to the realisation that the country is basically defenceless, offer $1,000,000 to anyone who can come up with a weapon to defeat the invaders. Winthrop Clavering, a writer and inventor, hears of the reward and tells his friend Bartholomew Thompson, a scientist and inventor who has been working on developing flying torpedo. However, enemy agents have also heard about Thompson's project, and set out to kill him and steal his plans. This film is now considered lost.
Run Time
0h 50m
Genre
War, Drama, Science Fiction
Release Date
12 Mar 1916
Country
United States of America
Language
No Language
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
John EmersonWinthrop Clavering
Bessie LoveHulda
Spottiswoode AitkenBartholomew Thompson
W.E. LawrenceWilliam Haverman (as William E. Lawrence)
Chief of International Crooks
Accomplice
Lucille YoungAccomplice
Erich von StroheimAccomplice
Adelaide E. Thompson
Ralph LewisHead of the Board
Fine Arts Film Company


Christy Cabanne
John B. O'Brien