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Possibly, director J.P. McGowan's worst film. My guess is that it was originally designed as a two-reeler. When it was decided to make it five, no extra scenes were added to the script, except possibly for the dog. This forced director McGowan to extend every scene as long as possible, even when there was precious little in the way of action or character development to hold the interest of the audience. It was also a bad decision to provide a solution to the mystery almost right from the start. Peggy Montgomery, Jules Cowles, Andrew Waldron and even Minna Serry Redman receive more close-ups than Al Hoxie. Still, Peggy Montgomery is an attractive lass and she doesn't seem to mind posing for endless close-ups. A pity the producer couldn't afford to give her at least one change of costume! Perhaps understandably, McGowan himself was so proud of the way he had so ingeniously extended the running time of this somewhat boring movie that he takes care to identify himself with a signature shot of his photograph, not once, but twice! Available on a good Alpha DVD.