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The Man from Beyond

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The Man from Beyond
Directed byBurton L. King
Written byHarry Houdini
Coolidge Streeter
CinematographyHarry Fischbeck
Distributed byHoudini Picture Corporation
Release date
  • April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Man from Beyond is a 1922 silent film starring Harry Houdini as a man found frozen in arctic ice who is brought back to life.

Plot

A man named Howard Hillary is found frozen for a hundred years in the arctic ice and is thawed out and awoken. After his awakening he insists that a young woman, Felice, is his fiancée from a century before. Hillary is admitted to a mental institution, but later escapes and realizes that he is not in his own time and that Felice is actually the descendant of his own Felice from a century ago. Hillary joins her in searching for her father, who has been abducted.

Cast

  • Harry Houdini - Howard Hillary/The Man from Beyond
  • Arthur Maude - Dr. Gilbert Trent
  • Albert Tavernier - Dr. Crawford Strange
  • Erwin Connelly - Dr. Gregory Sinclair
  • Frank Montgomery - Francois Duval
  • Luis Alberni - Captain of the Barkentine
  • Yale Benner - Milt Norcross
  • Jane Connelly - Felice Strange/ Felice Norcross
  • Nita Naldi - Marie Le Grande