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A Man's Past 1927 Directed by George Melford

A Stirring Tale of Love and Hate in the Searing Sands of Northern Africa!

Imprisoned at the French garrison on the Isle of St. Noir for putting to death a patient suffering from an incurable illness, Dr. Paul La Roche escapes to the mainland, where he meets Dr. Henry Fontaine, his boyhood friend, and Fontaine's beautiful sister, Yvonne. As Fontaine is going blind, La Roche performs several operations for him, attracting the attention of Dr. Renaud, in Algiers, who offers him a position. La Roche, practicing as Fontaine, reveals his love for Yvonne during an excursion to a Bedouin camp. Then, Lieutenant Destin, from the prison, arrives and threatens La Roche with exposure unless he surrenders the hand of Yvonne.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language No Language
Gnere Drama
Production Company Universal Pictures
Release Date 1 October 1927
60 mins
Cast
Conrad Veidt Paul La Roche
Barbara Bedford Yvonne Fontaine
Ian Keith Dr. Fontaine
Arthur Edmund Carewe Lieutenant Destin
Károly Huszár Prison Doctor
Corliss Palmer Sylvia Cabot
Edward Reinach Dr. Renaud
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