The Secret Game

The Secret Game

67 mins | Drama | Dec. 3, 1917

In the office of Major Northfield, the quartermaster of the Pacific Coast, a leak has been discovered which may endanger the safety of American transports that are secretly carrying troops across the Pacific. Nara-Nara, a Japanese detective, is assigned to the case because his country has guaranteed safety to these transport ships. Nara-Nara believes that Northfield is guilty, although in reality it is Northfield's secretary Kitty Little, a girl of German ancestry, who is passing information to Dr. Ebell Smith, a German agent. Nara-Nara falls in love with Kitty, but soon after discovers that she is the leak in the quartermaster's office.

The Secret Game

67 mins | Drama | Dec. 3, 1917

The Secret Game
In the office of Major Northfield, the quartermaster of the Pacific Coast, a leak has been discovered which may endanger the safety of American transports that are secretly carrying troops across the Pacific. Nara-Nara, a Japanese detective, is assigned to the case because his country has guaranteed safety to these transport ships. Nara-Nara believes that Northfield is guilty, although in reality it is Northfield's secretary Kitty Little, a girl of German ancestry, who is passing information to Dr. Ebell Smith, a German agent. Nara-Nara falls in love with Kitty, but soon after discovers that she is the leak in the quartermaster's office.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Original title The Secret Game
Directors Harry Haskins, William C. de Mille
Writers Marion Fairfax

Cast

Sessue Hayakawa

as Nara-Nara

Jack Holt

as Maj. John Northfield

Florence Vidor

as Kitty Little

Mayme Kelso

as Miss Loring

Raymond Hatton

as "Mrs. Harris"

Charles Ogle

as Dr. Ebell Smith