Drama · United States of America · 1918 · 50m

The White Man's Law

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Director

Cast

Sessue Hayakawa as John A. Genghis Florence Vidor as Maida Verne Jack Holt as Sir Harry Falkland Herbert Standing as Sir Robert Hope Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Mayhew (as Maym Kelso) Forrest Seabury as Cpl. Verne

Crew

Marion Fairfax — Writer Marion Fairfax — Story John B. Browne — Story

Tagline

All men who have not forgotten their dream adventures of boyhood, all women for whom the Orient has a seductive lure will glory in this widely exciting story with its mysterious note of surprise.

Synopsis

Japanese leading man Sessue Hayakawa stars as John A. Ghengle, the Oxford-educated son of an Arab chieftain. Entering into a business partnership with Sir Harry Falkland (Jack Holt), a notorious roue, Ghengle relocates to Sierra Leone, where he falls in love with French-Sudanese girl Maida Verne (Florence Vidor.) Upon proposing marriage, Ghengle is turned down and hotly demands to know why.

Key Collaborators

James Young Director Marion Fairfax Writer Marion Fairfax Story John B. Browne Story

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