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The Man on the Box
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Oscar C. Apfel

Cast: Max Figman [Lieutenant Bob Warburton], C.F. Le None [scout], Fred Montague [Colonel Raleigh], Fred L. Wilson [Jack Warburton], Betty Jonson [Nancy Warburton], Mabel Van Buren [Kit Warburton], Harry Fisher [Charles Henderson], James Neill [Colonel Annesley], Lolita Robertson [Betty Annesley], Horace B. Carpenter [the Russian ambassador], J.W. Johnston [Count Karloff], William Elmer [the troop commander], Jane Darwell [Mrs. Chadwick]

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis. / © 9 July 1914 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated [LU2993]. Released 13 July 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as The Man on the Box (1925).

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Espionage: Spies - Russians

Listing updated: 2 October 2008.

References: Website-AFI.