
The Fugitive Futurist
1924-09-30 · 10 min · ★ 6.4
A habitual loser at the race-track is approached by a man who claims to be an inventor with a machine that can see into the future; but can it predict the winner of tomorrow's race? And just whom is the “inventor” trying to escape anyway?
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- Gaston Quiribet
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- Hepworth
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- United Kingdom
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- Released
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