Top Billed Cast
William Boyd
Daingerfield Phelps
Mary Astor
Mirza
Louis Wolheim
Peter O'Gaffney
Ian Keith
Shevket
Michael Vavitch
Emir
Michael Visaroff
Skipper
Boris Karloff
Purser
DeWitt Jennings
American Consul
Nicholas Dunaew
Mirza's Man Servant
Jean Vachon
Mirza's Maid Servant
David Cavendish
Emir's Advisor
John George
Arab on Ship (uncredited)
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Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
Refined and pretty William Boyd ("Phelps") and his rough and ready sergeant Louis Wolheim ("O'Gaffney") are a couple of front-line American squaddies captured by the Bosch during the Great War. Taken to a POW camp, they mange to escape and find themselves, after quite a series of adventures, out of the frying pan and into a fiery desert.... That's where they save the gorgeous "Mirza" (Mary Astor) from drowning. Young "Phelps" is immediately head over heels, but when they establish that she is the daughter of the Emir, and also betrothed to the menacing "Shevket" (Ian Keith) they must stay free ...
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English
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Keywords
- ship
- escape
- world war i
- snowstorm
- soldier
- silent film
- arab
- preserved film