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The Code Letter (1916)
Short | Short, Mystery

The Code Letter (1916)

Short | Short, Mystery

At a fashionable hotel Grant, police reporter of The Chronicle, sees a face that seems strangely familiar. To his memory there comes a flash of a certain day in the Bertillon room at Headquarters and he recognizes the man as Litchfield, a ...See moreAt a fashionable hotel Grant, police reporter of The Chronicle, sees a face that seems strangely familiar. To his memory there comes a flash of a certain day in the Bertillon room at Headquarters and he recognizes the man as Litchfield, a clever "gentleman crook." His suspicions aroused, he follows Litchfield to the writing room and there sees him scribble some figures from a letter he has just received. When Litchfield departs Grant takes some scraps from the waste basket and piecing them together finds it a code message. By clever deduction he finds the message to read, "Meet me at 1350 Seventh Avenue at three o'clock, Mame." Grant recognizes Mamie as the notorious "Mamie the Rose" and further investigation at the address given shows that the crooks are planning their getaway with their loot for many months already packed. When Litchfield arrives at three o'clock, Grant and Detective Cadogan are close behind. Grant goes upstairs to Mamie's apartment while Cadogan remains to guard the front door with instructions to follow in fifteen minutes if Grant does not return. From the hall window Grant crawls along the narrow ledge of the building until he reaches the window of Mamie's apartment and then jumps in, surprising the crooks. In the scuffle that follows he is overpowered, and Litchfield and Mamie make their escape to the roof. Grant follows and reaches the roof in time to see Litchfield escaping on a planking across a twelve-foot areaway to another roof, after which he pulls the plank over. Grant takes the only remaining chance and goes hand over hand across a slender pipe to the other roof. Litchfield is already halfway down the fire escape, however, and seems certain of escaping when Grant decides to adopt the perilous expedient of sliding down the rope of a painter's scaffold. He is halfway down and still many stories above the pavement when Mamie the Rose in a fiendish plan to aid her accomplice, cuts the rope. Grant makes a breathtaking swing through the air but manages to retain his grasp on the rope. The end of his swing carries him to the fire escape and he lands plump on top of Litchfield, who is soon pummeled into submission. Meanwhile Cadogan has gone upstairs and from the apartment sped to the roof where he captures Mamie. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
George Larkin Tom Grant - Police Reporter Tom Grant - Police Reporter See fewer	The Lurking Peril (1919)
Ollie Kirby Mamie the Rose (as Ollie Kirkby) Mamie the Rose (as Ollie Kirkby) See fewer	Midnight Secrets (1924)
Robert Ellis Baron Litchfield Baron Litchfield See fewer	The Tiger's Trail (1919)
Arthur Albertson Detective Cadogan Detective Cadogan See fewer	The Argyle Case (1917)
William McKey City Editor Mansfield City Editor Mansfield See fewer	The Yellow Menace (1916)
Professor Chira Police Commissioner Brophy (as G. Chira) Police Commissioner Brophy (as G. Chira) See fewer	The Idol of the Stage (1916)