The White Man's Law (1918)
50m
Running Time
May 6, 1918Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Sessue Hayakawa
John A. Genghis
Florence Vidor
Maida Verne
Jack Holt
Sir Harry Falkland
Herbert Standing
Sir Robert Hope
Mayme Kelso
Mrs. Mayhew (as Maym Kelso)
Forrest Seabury
Cpl. Verne
Josef Swickard
Suliman Ghengis (as Joseph Swickard)
Ernest Joy
Sir Harry's Father
Charles West
The Derelict
Noah Beery
Dr. Robinson
Frank Deshon
Falkland's Valet
Clarissa Selwynne
Lady Falkland
James Young
Director
Marion Fairfax
Story / Writer
John B. Browne
Story
Charles Rosher
Cinematographer
Details.
Wiki.
The White Man's Law is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young and written by Marion Fairfax and John B. Browne. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Herbert Standing, Mayme Kelso, and Forrest Seabury. The film was released on May 6, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.