Turkish chieftain Achmet Bey catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Tossing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave American who loves her comes to her rescue.
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Priscilla Dean as Sari - a beggar girl
Wheeler Oakman as Capt. Carlisle Pemberton
Wallace Beery as Sheik Achmet Hamid
Clyde Benson as His emissary
E. Alyn Warren as Yusef Bey
Nigel De Brulier as Capt. Kassan
Edmund Burns as Hector Baron
Eugenie Forde as Agia - Sari's Mother
Ethel Ritchie as Resha - the Sheik's favorite wife
Yvette Mitchell as Undetermined role
C.E. Collins as Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Tod Browning Director
Tod Browning Scenario Writer
William Parker Scenario Writer
H.H. Van Loan Story
Viola Lawrence Editor
William Fildew Director of Photography
United States 27 March 1920
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Priscilla Dean encarna a una mendiga 'virgen y salvaje' en esta comedia de intriga oriental dirigida por Tod Browning. Completan el reparto Wheeler Oakman ...
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