Kiss of Araby

While the commander of the British Army in Arabia, Major J. W. Courtney, is out in the desert chasing marauding tribesmen, his wife carries on an affair with Captain Randall. Courtney returns to the outpost ahead of time and the wife takes refuge in the quarters of Lieutenant W.B. Lawrence. Lawrence, maintaining the silence (and stiff upper lip) that his code of honor dictates is drummed out of the service. He joins the forces of El Rahman and becomes a sheik of the desert. Warfare, instigated by Randall, breaks out between the troops and the tribesmen and ends when the mortally wounded Randall confesses to his dastardly deeds, the least of which included making love to his commander's wife.

Cast

Maria Alba

Played Dolores Mendez
Walter Byron

Played Lt. W. B. Lawrence
Claire Windsor

Played Mrs. Courtney
Theodore von Eltz

Played Capt. J. G. Randall
Claude King

Played Maj. J. W. Courtney
Frank Leigh

Played Sheik El Rahman
Edmund Cobb

Played Taleb
Carlotta Monti

Played Dancer
Alfred Cross

Played Lt. Snell
Reginald Simpson

Played Lt. Matthews

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