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Unseen Hands
Unseen Hands

Unseen Hands

Action! That’s the hot weather appeal!

Genres

Horror

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A wealthy mine owner's wife gets him to hire Jean Scholast, a footloose adventurer, as a reward for saving her. Unbeknown to the wife, Scholast is a fortune hunter and soon poisons the husband and marries the wife.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

65 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

25 May 1924

Country

United States of America

Cast

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Jean Scholast

Joseph J. Dowling

Joseph J. Dowling

George Le Quintrec

Fontaine La Rue

Fontaine La Rue

Madame Le Quintrec

Cleo Madison

Cleo Madison

Mataoka

Jim Corey

Jim Corey

Wapita

Jack Rollens

Jack Rollens

Armand Le Quintrec

Jamie Gray

Jamie Gray

Nola

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