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23/09/1927 Adventure, Comedy, Romance 1h 32m
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Overview

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.

  1. Lewis Milestone

    Director

  2. Cyril Gardner

    Writer

  3. Wallace Smith

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. William Boyd

    Daingerfield Phelps

  2. Mary Astor

    Mirza

  3. Louis Wolheim

    Peter O'Gaffney

  4. Ian Keith

    Shevket

  5. Michael Vavitch

    Emir

  6. Michael Visaroff

    Skipper

  7. Boris Karloff

    Purser

  8. DeWitt Jennings

    American Consul

  9. Nicholas Dunaew

    Mirza's Man Servant

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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