The Evil Eye is a 1920 American silent action film serial directed by J. Gordon Cooper and Wally Van, written by Roy L. McCardell, and starring world lightweight boxing champion Benny Leonard, with Ruth Dwyer and Stuart Holmes. Produced by Hallmark Pictures Corporation and distributed by Asher’s Enterprise, the serial was released in 15 episodes beginning in May 1920. 14 of the original 15 35mm episodes survive.
Contents
Cast
Benny Leonard as Frank Armstrong
Ruth Dwyer as Dora Druce
Stuart Holmes as Denton Drake
Walter Horton as David Druce
Marie Shotwell as Mrs. David Druce
Rosita Marstini as Marcia Lamar (credited as Madame Marie Marstini)
Leslie King as Holy Joe The Money Lender
Bernard Randall as Dopey Dick
Chapter titles
Below the Deadline
In the House of the Blindmen
The Golden Locket
Vengeance of the Dead
Trapped by Treachery
On the Wings of Death
The Double Cross
(unknown title)
Ferocious Foes
Evil influence
A Monstrous Menace
The Path of Doom
The House of Horror
The Death Boxer
Winning Out
Preservation status
The Evil Eye is not a lost serial. Records for individual episodes are held in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / Donald Nichol collection), and 14 of the original 15 episodes exist. The serial is as of 2026 in the process of being restored by Eric Stedman of the Serial Squadron.