1917 Adventure Movies

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The Flame of Youth(1917)

50min | Drama, Adventure

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

James Gordon, Sr., owner of the Gordon syndicate, dispatches his roughneck son Jimmy to investigate why production has fallen off in his opal mine on an island off the coast of lower California. After an argument with his fiancée, socialite Lucy Andrews, Jimmy leaves for the island where he is met by Juan, McCool's servant who, along with Jasper Sneedham, has been cheating the company. On the launch, Juan tries to eliminate Jimmy by hitting him over the head, but the lad escapes and swims to shore where he is rescued by Sneedham's stepdaughter Nadine. Nadine takes Jimmy to the hut of mine foreman Fred Haimer, the only honest man on the island.

Directed by Elmer Clifton

The Clemenceau Affair(1917)

1h 46min

2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The Clemenceau Affair (Italian: Il processo Clémenceau) is a 1917 silent Italian adventure film directed by Alfredo De Antoni. The film features the first onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica.

Directed by Alfredo De Antoni - With Francesca Bertini, Gustavo Serena, Vittorio De Sica, Alfredo De Antoni, Arnold Kent

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman(1917)

1h 4min | Crime, Mystery

2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

AJ Raffles, a handsome jewel thief masquerades as a gentleman of society fitting in with well-to-do people. He dons a mask and waits for an opportune moment to steal belongings, usually some jewelry and to take advantage of unsuspecting women whether at an estate or aboard a passenger ship. Raffles knows secret passageways to aid his escape from capture such as disappearing into a large grandfather clock that is really a secret doorway. He even eludes capture by jumping off a ship and swimming to shore while women passengers fire pistols at him.

Directed by George Irving - With John Barrymore, Evelyn Brent, Frank Morgan, Christine Mayo

The Little Pirate(1917)

50min | Drama

In dire financial straits, businessman John Baird considers liquidating the bonds that are held in trust for his little daughter Margery. Failing to comprehend her husband's desperation, Virginia Baird refuses his request and, upon overhearing his lawyer advising him to utilize the bonds without consulting her, she decides to place them in the hands of George Drake, an old friend. Drake hijacks the securities, however, and their disappearance leads to the break up of the Baird's marriage, resulting in Virginia leaving the house. Attempting to console her father, Margery sets out on her pony to bring her mother home. But she is held up on the road by Captain Kidd Jr., who adopts her as his first mate, and the two children take up residence on a grass hut on a nearby island.

Directed by Elsie Jane Wilson

A Prince of Bharata(1917)

1h 12min | Drama, Romance / Love

At a European seaside resort, Elly von Langen, the beautiful daughter of an officer, meets an elegant Indian maharajah and falls in love with him. She elopes with the maharajah to India. Much to her chagrin, she finds herself installed in his harem there, and even though she is accorded the status of being his favourite wife, she does not have her freedom. One day, Elly eyes an opportunity to escape her captivity. But will the Maharajah ever let her go? Or perhaps it is not the walls of the palace that are holding Elly back?

Directed by Robert Dinesen - With Gunnar Tolnæs, Thorleif Lund, Carlo Wieth, Lilly Jacobsson, Jonna Anker Kreutz

The Law of the North(1917)

Drama, Adventure

The Law of the North is a silent 1917 Adventure film.

Reaching for the Moon(1917)

1h 9min | Adventure

2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.

Directed by John Emerson - With Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Millard Webb, Bull Montana, Erich von Stroheim

Stranded in Arcady(1917)

50min | Adventure

Lucy Millington is an independent woman who looks upon men with contempt. Novelist Donald Prime, who has written a book on women, considers himself an authority on the subject. Both are lured into the desolate backwoods of Arcady by adventurers who plan to keep them in captivity until a fortune bequeathed to them has been safely deposited in the hands of their rivals.

Directed by Frank Hall Crane - With Irene Castle, Elliott Dexter

The Great Secret(1917)

Action, Adventure

A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor Zulph.

Directed by Christy Cabanne - With Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, William J. Butler, Jack J. Clark

Les chacals(1917)

1h 20min | Adventure

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Directed by André Hugon - With André Nox, Musidora

Man and Beast(1917)

50min | Drama, Adventure

During the great drought on the South African veldt, bitterness erupts between the von Haagen and Townsend families when they quarrel over a cattle spring. Nevertheless, a romance grows between Gretel von Haagan and Ned Townsend, who, to escape their families' opposition, marry and leave for the interior.

Directed by Henry MacRae

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