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The Silent Command

The Silent Command

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 2, 1915

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Mystery

Original Title

The Silent Command

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

Robert Z. Leonard

Description

Unable to pay for the operation that cured his daughter, a man promises to surrender her to the doctor on her eighteenth birthday. Knowing that the physician wishes to make her the subject of his experiments with hypnotism, the distressed father ultimately reneges on his promise, whereupon the doctor attempts to hypnotize the girl from afar.