

Unseen Hands
1924-05-25 · 65 min · ★ 10.0
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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- Directors
- Jacques Jaccard
- Production companies
- Encore Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Wallace BeeryJean Scholast
Joseph J. DowlingGeorge Le Quintrec
Fontaine La RueMadame Le Quintrec
Cleo MadisonMataoka
Jim CoreyWapitaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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