White Legion (film)

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White Legion
White Legion poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Karl Brown
Screenplay byKarl Brown
Produced by B. F. Zeidman
Starring Ian Keith
Tala Birell
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Suzanne Kaaren
Lionel Pape
Rollo Lloyd
Teru Shimada
Nigel De Brulier
Cinematography Harry Jackson
Edited by W. Duncan Mansfield
Music by Hugo Riesenfeld
Production
company
B. F. Ziedman Film
Distributed by Grand National Films Inc.
Release date
  • October 25, 1936 (1936-10-25)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

White Legion is a 1936 American drama film written and directed by Karl Brown. The film stars Ian Keith, Tala Birell, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Suzanne Kaaren, Lionel Pape, Rollo Lloyd, Teru Shimada and Nigel De Brulier. The film was released on October 25, 1936, by Grand National Films Inc. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing canal.

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