Directed by Frank Lloyd
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Retired English knight Milton Sills takes the rap for a murder committed by his brother, who promptly has him kidnapped and sent to sea. He becomes an oarsman on a slave ship which is later attacked by the English. Outraged by his treatment on the ship by "Christian" brothers, he rejects his faith and escapes with a fellow Arab prisoner. He becomes a feared Muslim leader, attacking the Spanish but never the English, in the years that follow. He eventually returns to England seeking the woman he left behind, but she is now engaged to his dastardly brother, so he has them both kidnapped and taken back to Algiers where they are put up for auction as slaves. He saves the girl and exposes his brother in the predictable happy ending. Real ships were used, not models, which adds greatly to the authenticity, but the plot is heavy on melodrama.
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