The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.

Cast

Jack Mulhall

as Craig Kennedy

Rex Lease

as Walter Jameson

Marion Shilling

as Verna Gironda

Mae Busch

as Mrs. Paul Gironda

Ruth Mix

as Shirley McMillan

William Farnum

as Gordon Gaunt

Bryant Washburn

as Denton

Robert Frazer

as Dr. Paul Gironda

Gaston Glass

as Louis Bouchard

Mahlon Hamilton

as Montgomery

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