Black Magic

On a South Seas island, "three white derelicts drink away memories of the past. After many adventures during which a girl enters the picture, the three are rehabilitated and everything turns out happily."

Cast

Josephine Dunn

as Katherine Bradbroke

Earle Foxe

as Hugh Darrell

John Holland

as John Ormsby

Henry B. Walthall

as Dr. Bradbroke

Dorothy Jordan

as Ann Bradbroke

Fritz Feld

as James Fraser

Sheldon Lewis

as Witchdoctor

Ivan Linow

as Zelig

Blue Washington

as Unit

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