The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama
Release: 1936-04-18
Director: Albert Herman
Writers: Arthur B. Reeve , George M. Merrick , Eddie Granemann , Leon D’Usseau
Language: English
Stars: Jack Mulhall , Rex Lease , Marion Shilling
Runtime: 74 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Clutching Hand (United States of America) , The Clutching Hand: Feature Version (United States of America) , The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand , The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (United States of America) , La mano que aprieta (Mexico)
Plot: Doctor Paul Gironda announces he has discovered a formula for the manufacture of synthetic gold. The International Research Foundation agrees to financially help him develop his formula. Just before the Board of Directors arrive at Gironda's laboratory to witness his achievement, he is heard screaming, and mysteriously disappears before help arrives. Newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, who is engaged to Gironda's daughter Verna, calls in investigator Craig Kennedy. Kennedy and Jameson face many perils and cliffhangers. When Gironda's kidnappers use television to show Gironda is still alive, the unseen "Clutching Hand" orders Kennedy to quit the case. The latter finally finds Gironda a prisoner aboard the freight ship, "The Nellie B",and rescues him. He instructs Jameson to return Gironda to his home, but Jameson's car is overtaken by agents of "The Clutching Hand" and the doctor is once again kidnapped. Near the end, Kennedy convenes the IRF board of directors and various other people, and exposes "The Clutching Hand".
IMDB:tt0126191