The read
Critics rate it 60 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the enemy are preparing to invade. The invasion comes, and New York, Washington, and other American cities are devastated.
Ratings
IMDb4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 60 points higher than audiences do.
Key crew
- Wilfrid NorthDirector
- J. Stuart BlacktonDirector
- S.L. RothafelOriginal Music Composer
- J. Stuart BlacktonWriter
Cast
- Charles RichmanJohn Harrison
- L. Rogers LyttonMr. Emanon
- James MorrisonCharley Harrison
- Mary MauriceMrs. Harrison
- Louise BeaudetMrs. Vandergriff
- Harold HubertJohn Vandergriff
- Jack CrawfordPoet Scout
- Charles KentThe Master
- Julia Swayne GordonMagdalen
- Evart OvertonVandergriff's Son
- Belle BruceAlice Harrison
- Norma TalmadgeVirginia Vandergriff