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The Renegade (1915)

1915 · Silent film · 50 min · dir. Charles Swickard

"An adventure offering picturing a captain's revenge on a white slaver and his decision to keep his promise to the girl."

  • Short
  • Drama

Synopsis

Robert Graves, a renegade slave trader of Africa, defeats a party of British soldiers sent to capture him and takes as prisoner Captain Marley. On Captain Marley he discovers a letter which notifies him (Marley) that he is heir to the estates of the Earl of Craven. Graves determines to impersonate Marley, which he does, after selling Marley into slavery to Ali-Hamid, an Arabian Sheik. Graves sails for England and takes up the duties of the estate, planning to marry Alice Craven, as per the…

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Details

Director
Charles Swickard
Writer
William H. Clifford
Studio
Broncho Film Company
Released
1915-04-28
Running time
50 minutes

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