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Two Arabian Knights

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.

Cast

William Boyd

William Boyd

as Daingerfield Phelps

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

as Mirza

Louis Wolheim

Louis Wolheim

as Peter O'Gaffney

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

as Shevket

Michael Vavitch

Michael Vavitch

as Emir

Michael Visaroff

Michael Visaroff

as Skipper

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

as Purser

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

as American Consul

Nicholas Dunaew

Nicholas Dunaew

as Mirza's Man Servant

Jean Vachon

Jean Vachon

as Mirza's Maid Servant

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Refined and pretty William Boyd ("Phelps") and his rough and ready sergeant Louis Wolheim ("O'Gaffney") are a couple of front-line American squaddies captured by the Bosch during the Great War. Taken to a POW camp, they mange to escape and find themselves, after quite a series of adventures, out of ...

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