The White Man's Law (1918)
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.
- Released
- 1918-05-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- James Young
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
- Josef Swickard as Suliman Ghengis (as Joseph Swickard)
- Ernest Joy as Sir Harry's Father
- Charles West as The Derelict
- Noah Beery as Dr. Robinson
- Frank Deshon as Falkland's Valet
- Clarissa Selwynne as Lady Falkland