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RUNTIME
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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Voice of the Storm
""When Death Rides the Wires!""
1929 1h 5m XX
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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The Voice of the Storm is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Lynn Shores and starring Karl Dane, Martha Sleeper and Theodore von Eltz.
“"When Death Rides the Wires!"”
Cast
Karl Dane
Spike
Martha Sleeper
Ruth
Hugh Allan
Tom Powers
Theodore von Eltz
Franklin Wells
Brandon Hurst
Dr. Isaacs
Warner Richmond
Dobbs
Lydia Yeamans Titus
Mrs. Parkin
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lynn Shores
- Writers
- Fred Myton, Harold Shumate, Walter Woods
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lynn Shores directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 297 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Karl Dane and Martha Sleeper and Hugh Allan carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: ""When Death Rides the Wires!"".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0020561 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 65 min · 1h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- XX
Also by
Lynn Shores
Production companies
Who made it
- FI
Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- lost film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1929-01-13
