The Exiles (1923 film)

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The Exiles
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Directed by Edmund Mortimer
Screenplay by Frederick J. Jackson
John Russell
Based onThe Exiles
by Richard Harding Davis
Starring John Gilbert
Betty Bouton
John Webb Dillion
Margaret Fielding
Fred Warren
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 14, 1923 (1923-10-14)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Exiles is a 1923 American adventure film directed by Edmund Mortimer and written by Frederick J. Jackson and John Russell. It is based on the 1894 novel The Exiles by Richard Harding Davis. The film stars John Gilbert, Betty Bouton, John Webb Dillion, Margaret Fielding and Fred Warren. The film was released on October 14, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

In the film, a female murder suspect flees to Algiers, where she joins other self-exiled Americans. The prosecuting attorney follows her all the way to North Africa, and kidnaps her.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [4] a man is shot in his office. Alice Carroll is arrested and charged with the murder. She escapes and goes to Algiers, where she stays at a notorious gambling resort in the company of fugitives known as "The Exiles."

Henry Holcombe, the prosecuting attorney, discovers that Alice is innocent. He follows her to North Africa. When she refuses to return to the United States, Henry kidnaps her. They fall in love and she becomes his wife.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Exiles located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. [5]

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References

  1. "The Exiles (1923) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  2. Hal Erickson. "The Exiles (1923) - Edmund Morhmer". AllMovie. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. "The Exiles". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. Pardy, George T. (January 12, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Exiles". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (8). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 22. Retrieved June 29, 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Exiles