Adventure ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1922 · 1h 0m

The Dictator

Director

Cast

Wallace Reid as Brooke Travers Theodore Kosloff as Carlos Rivas Lila Lee as Juanita Kalla Pasha as General Campos Sidney Bracey as Henry Bolton Fred J. Butler as Sam Travers

Crew

Karl Brown — Director of Photography Richard Harding Davis — Writer Walter Woods — Writer Jesse L. Lasky — Producer

Tagline

Fights and thrills and gay romance in a Spanish banana republic- with a wild young American and a pretty senorita the center of it all.

Synopsis

A silent romantic adventure melodrama (from the play and novel by Richard Harding) about a womanizer who follows a beautiful Hispanic woman to her home country and his adventures there. He ends up helping her father become dictator of the entire country, and is rewarded with marriage to her and he is named Minister of Finance!

Mood & Themes

based on play or musical

Key Collaborators

James Cruze Director Karl Brown Director of Photography Richard Harding Davis Writer Walter Woods Writer Jesse L. Lasky Producer

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