White Hands (film)

White Hands
B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre showing White Hands
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Written by	Lambert Hillyer and C. Gardner Sullivan
Produced by	Max Graf
Starring	Hobart Bosworth Robert McKim Freeman Wood
Cinematography	J. O. Taylor
Production company	Graf Productions
Distributed by	Wid Gunning, Inc.
Release date	January 30, 1922 (1922-01-30)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

White Hands is a 1922 American Melodrama film directed by Lambert Hillyer that was set in Algeria but filmed in a Studio in San Mateo, California and the Pacific beaches in San Francisco, California. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Robert McKim, and Freeman Wood. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Sea captain "Hurricane" Hardy searches for treasure in the Sahara Desert and encounters Helen Maitland, the last remaining member of a missionary group. He offers her protection and carries her to the coast, with the intention of claiming her for himself when she recuperates. At a rundown seacoast hotel, Helen befriends Ralph Alden, a young man fighting off addiction and despair, as well as a three-year-old orphan named "Peroxide" whom Leon Roche, the proprietor, is rearing. Hurricane Hardy decides to attack Helen, but the touch of the child's white hands fills him with shame and remorse. Hurricane reforms and adopts the child, leaving Helen free to rehabilitate Ralph, her new love. ^[3]

Cast

• Hobart Bosworth as "Hurricane" Hardy
• Robert McKim as Leon Roche
• Freeman Wood as Ralph Alden
• Al Kaufman as "Grouch" Murphy
• Muriel Frances Dana as Peroxide
• Elena Jurado as a local Arabian woman (uncredited)
• Elinor Fair as Helen Maitland
• George O'Brien as Sailor

References

1. "White Hands (1922)". tcm.om. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
2. "White Hands (1922)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
3. "White Hands Plot". IMDb. Retrieved June 6, 2025.

External links

• White Hands at IMDb