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Unlike the comedy The Anarchist and his Dog (1907), this film shows the real
fear of anarchists and their plans. Here the anarchist, with a curiously
Spanish-sounding name, tries to obtain the secret formula of a newly-developed
explosive. The film was originally titled The Tube of Death, referring to the
development of the new explosive.
The trappings of the secret anarchist society are revealed, as are their
secret underground meeting place, strange greetings, diabolical plans, and moral
ambivalence in pursuing the widow of a recently-murdered scientist. However, the
role of the widow is just as interesting as those of the anarchists. Like the
heroine of OHMS (1913), she is steely and resolute in her determination to
avenge her husband's death, which she does by killing the anarchists with her
husband's invention.
Simon Baker
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Complete film (26:14)
