The Eagle's Eye (1918)

Directed by

George Lessey

Genre

silent film, war film, spy film, serial film

Country

United States

Runtime

10h

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A secret service agent and a criminology club president hunt German spies in the United States during World War I. The serial dramatizes real events like the Zimmermann Telegram and sabotage plots.

propagandisticepisodichistoricalpatrioticmethodicaldatedfast-paced for its eramoralistic

What happens

The Eagle's Eye is a 1918 American serial film consisting of 20 episodes that dramatizes German espionage in the United States during World War I. The stories are based on the experiences of William J. Flynn during his career as chief of the United States Secret Service from 1912 to 1917. It features King Baggot as the president of the Criminology Club and Marguerite Snow as a Secret Service agent who investigate spies. Among the events depicted are the sending of the Zimmermann Telegram, Franz von Rintelen's attempts to sabotage cargo loading in San Francisco Harbor, and the capture of the German espionage plans. It was directed by George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton, and Theodore Wharton, and produced by the Whartons Studio. The serial is now considered lost. Because this serial was a commercial failure, it was the last one made by Whartons due to the studio being forced to declare bankruptcy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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