The Fortieth Door

Aimee is a young girl betrothed to a rascal, Hamid Bey. An American archeologist, Jack Ryder, arrives to help the girl escape ending up in Bey's harem, but it takes the boy ten episodes to finally succeed.

Cast

Allene Ray

as Aimee

Bruce Gordon

as Jack Ryder

David Dunbar

as Andy McLean

Anna May Wong

as Zira

Frankie Mann

as Jimmy Jeffries

Frank Lackteen

as Hamid Bey

Lillian Gale

as Miriam

Bernard Siegel

as Tew Fick Pasha

Whitehorse

as Sheik Hassan

Omar Whitehead

as Paul Delcarte

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