The Black Box by E Phillips Oppennheim
Sanford Quest a world renowned criminologist pursues the murderer of Lord Ashleigh's daughter and a master criminal. He is hired to recover a stolen skeleton of an anthropoid ape and chase a mystery linked to diamonds and a threatening black box. Laura Quest Craig Lenora uncover the hut hideaway and the inhuman creature before the manor burns.
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Sanford Quest
Justee Macdougal
Lord Ashleigh
Professor Ashleigh
Mrs. Rheinholdt
Laura
Quest
Shadows Craig
Lenora
Quest and Red Gallagher Clash in a Deadly Rail Yard Confrontation
Sanford Quest pursues a jewel thief while investigating the disappearance of Macdougal. Laura and Lenora join the hunt along a railway line and uncover Macdougal's body. Red Gallagher ambushes Quest, leading to a dramatic confrontation at a handcar shed and a perilous escape across a railway yard, with an explosion and a pursuit toward a tower. Inside Quest's house, murder strikes again as Ross and a Salvation Army worker are found dead, casting suspicion on Quest and triggering an Inspector French investigation.
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Sanford Quest
Lenora
Laura
Quest
Craig
Macdougal
Mountways
Ross
Army
Ross Brown
Mr. Horan
Horan
Beast
Jim
Red Gallagher
New York
Pye
Tom
Guvnor
Gallagher
Tower House
Red
Man
Mr. Quest
French
Miss Quigg
Salvation Army
Professor
Letora
Inspector French
Tower No. 10
New York Central
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By E. Phillips Oppenheim
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Otis F. Wood