The House Without a Key (1926) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 1926, The House Without a Key is an action, thriller, policier and aventure film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, running about 210 minutes.

What it’s about. A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, sister to the estranged brothers, comes from Boston to try to reconcile the two men. John Quincy Winterslip, Dan's nephew, receives a letter instructing him to retrieve a box from an attic in San Francisco and dump the contents into the ocean. He is on board a ship bound for Hawaii in which other passengers are also after the box. Dan Winterslip is murdered. Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective, offers to help solve the killing and the mysteries surround the box. Chan is looking for the person whose wristwatch is missing the number 'three.'

Who’s in it. The House Without a Key stars Allene Ray as Carry Egan, Walter Miller as John Quincy Winterclip, E.H. Calvert as Dan Winterclip and Betty Caldwell as Barbara Winterclip, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The House Without a Key page.

If you liked it. Fans of The House Without a Key tend to enjoy The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir, Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi, Inception and Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau.