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On the run from punishment for a crime committed by his brother, Bertie Cecil (alias Lewis Victor) joins the French Foreign Legion. In Algeria, he becomes the hated rival of his commander, Chateauroy, who despises Victor's breeding and also competes for the same woman. Victor is beloved of Cigarette, an Algerian camp follower, who saves his life, though he love another.

A Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

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    • Author: Authis
    I am not surprised that this silent movie has not been commented. I got it from a collector's copy, a rather tepid one, from certainly an Italian vault, something like this. Not from a TCM taping off. Anyway, this feature is already a remake and not the last of the series (remakes). The most known is the 1936 one, directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Claudette Colbert and Ronald Colman, as far as I know. OK, that said, I can already say that it's useless to watch this film - if you find it - for Tod Browning as a director. OK it is a rare, hard to find film from him, but nothing to do here with his other famous movies starring Lon Chaney. No, no, no, nothing here recalling the weird Tod Browning's atmosphere. Just an adventure yarn, as hundred of others we watched from this era, and that were not lost. But I already know that if any of you gets it, on TCM for instance, you won't miss it. And you'll be damn right.
  • Complete credited cast:
    Priscilla Dean Priscilla Dean - Cigarette
    James Kirkwood James Kirkwood - Cpl. Victor
    John Davidson John Davidson - Sheik Ben Ali Hammed
    Stuart Holmes Stuart Holmes - Marquis de Chateauroy
    Ethel Grey Terry Ethel Grey Terry - Princess Corona d'Arague
    Bobbie Mack Bobbie Mack - Rake (as Robert Mack)
    Burton Law Burton Law - Sheik's Aide
    Albert Pollet Albert Pollet - Capt. Tollaire
    W.H. Bainbridge W.H. Bainbridge - The Colonel
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