---
title: 'The Grim Game (1919)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Irvin Willat'
released: '1919-08-25'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-grim-game-1919'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010195/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Grim Game (1919)

1919 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Grim Game is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Harry Houdini and Ann Forrest. The basic plotline serves as a showcase for Houdini's talent as an escapologist, stunt performer and aviator. As the story unfolds, a series of Houdini's trademark set-piece stunts and escapes are performed. When his tormentors chain him up and imprison him on numerous occasions, Houdini escapes. The film concludes with a climactic mid-air collision following an aircraft pursuit. Following the collision, Houdini is reunited with his fiancée.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Irvin Willat](https://cinepixo.com/people/irvin-willat)
- **Screenplay:** [Irvin Willat](https://cinepixo.com/people/irvin-willat), [Walter Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-woods)
- **Producer:** [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)

## Cast

- [Ann Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-forrest)
- [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch)
- [Harry Houdini](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-houdini)
- [Tully Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tully-marshall)
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoyt)
- [Augustus Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/augustus-phillips)
- [Thomas Jefferson](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-jefferson)
- [Jane Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-wolfe)

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