The White Man's Law

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 50 min
  • Premiere: 1918. May 6.

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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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

Directing

James Young

Director

Directing

James Young

Director