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The Beggar of Cawnpore (1916)
Directed by Charles Swickard
Overview
Dr. Robert Lowndes of the British army practices in a small Indian outpost during a cholera epidemic, and to ease his fever, uses morphine. He becomes an addict, but his sweetheart, Betty Archer, makes him promise to reform. Another of Betty’s suitors, however, Captain Guy Douglas, uses drugs to tempt Lowndes.
Length 60 minutes
Actors
H.B. Warner | Lola May | Wyndham Standing | Alfred Hollingsworth | Harold Entwistle