The Grim Game is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Harry Houdini and Ann Forrest.[1] The basic plotline serves as a showcase for Houdini's talent as an escapologist, stunt performer and aviator. As the story unfolds, a series of Houdini's trademark set-piece stunts and escapes are performed. When his tormentors chain him up and imprison him on numerous occasions, Houdini escapes. The film concludes with a climactic mid-air collision following an aircraft pursuit. Following the collision, Houdini is reunited with his fiancée. Cast Harry Houdini as Harvey Hanford (credited as Houdini) Thomas Jefferson as Dudley Cameron Ann Forrest as Mary Cameron Augustus Phillips as Clifton Allison Tully Marshall as Richard Raver Arthur Hoyt as Dr. Harvey Tyson Mae Busch as Ethel Delmead (credited as Mae Bush) Edward Martin as Police Reporter Jane Wolfe as Hannah (credited as Jane Wolf)
The Grim Game is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Harry Houdini and Ann Forrest.[1] The basic plotline serves as a showcase for Houdini's talent as an escapologist, stunt performer and aviator. As the story unfolds, a series of Houdini's trademark set-piece stunts and escapes are performed. When his tormentors chain him up and imprison him on numerous occasions, Houdini escapes. The film concludes with a climactic mid-air collision following an aircraft pursuit. Following the collision, Houdini is reunited with his fiancée. Cast Harry Houdini as Harvey Hanford (credited as Houdini) Thomas Jefferson as Dudley Cameron Ann Forrest as Mary Cameron Augustus Phillips as Clifton Allison Tully Marshall as Richard Raver Arthur Hoyt as Dr. Harvey Tyson Mae Busch as Ethel Delmead (credited as Mae Bush) Edward Martin as Police Reporter Jane Wolfe as Hannah (credited as Jane Wolf)