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The Purple Cipher

10.01920MovieCrimeDramaMystery

Jeanne Baldwin, Leonard Staunton, Alan Fitzhugh and Jack Baldwin are guided on a tour of underground dens in Chinatown by Hop Lee. During their trip, Wang Foo abducts Jeanne, and she and her companions are rescued through the intervention…

DirectorChester Bennett
WritersMurray Leinster·J. Grubb Alexander

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Cast · Directed by Chester Bennett

EWEarle Williams
Earle Williams
Leonard Staunton
VVVola Vale
Vola Vale
Jeanne Baldwin
ESErnest Shields
Ernest Shields
Jack Baldwin
AFAllan Forrest
Allan Forrest
Alan Fitzhugh
HBHenry A. Barrows
Henry A. Barrows
Frank Condon
GK
Goro Kino
Hop Lee
FS
Frank M. Seki
Wong Foo
AR
Arthur Redden

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The Purple Cipher — streaming FAQ

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The Purple Cipher hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 29, 1920. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.