The Devil Within
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Bernard J. Durning
Director
Dustin Farnum
Captain Briggs
Virginia Valli
Laura
Nigel De Brulier
Dr. Philiol
Bernard Durning
Hal
Jim Farley
Scurlock
Film Details
Release Date
Nov
20,
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Cursed by George Allan England (Boston, 1919).
Synopsis
Captain Briggs, a drunkard and a tyrannical brute, while cruising in the South Seas in the 1870's, steals an idol from some islanders and thereby provokes an attack on his ship. The natives are beaten, and their witch calls down a curse on the captain. In port Briggs sells his opium cargo, becomes wealthy, and marries. In time, the captain's wife and child die, and his nephew Hal becomes a sailor. In a drunken brawl, Hal steals the captain's savings and arouses the fear of his sweetheart, Laura. In a battle, Hal is wounded with a poisonous Malay sword, and Dr. Philiol succeeds in mixing the indicated remedy just in time to save his life. After a long illness, Hal reforms, regains the love of his aged uncle, and wins the hand of Laura.
Director
Bernard J. Durning
Director
Cast
Dustin Farnum
Captain Briggs
Virginia Valli
Laura
Nigel De Brulier
Dr. Philiol
Bernard Durning
Hal
Jim Farley
Scurlock
Tom O'brien
Wansley
Bob Perry
Crevay
Charles Gorman
Bevins
Otto Hoffman
Ezra
Kirk Incas
Cabin boy
Evelyn Selbie
Witch
Hazel Deane
Juvenile witch
Film Details
Release Date
Nov
20,
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Cursed by George Allan England (Boston, 1919).
