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Release Date:
13 February 1930 (USA) more
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An airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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An entertainingly exotic mixture of drama, comedy and melodrama. more (3 total)

Cast

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George Arliss ... The Raja of Rukh
Ralph Forbes ... Dr. Basil Traherne
H.B. Warner ... Major Crespin
Alice Joyce ... Lucilla Crespin
Ivan F. Simpson ... Watkins (as Ivan Simpson)
Reginald Sheffield ... Lt. Cardew (as Reggy Sheffield)
Betty Boyd ... An Ayah
Nigel De Brulier ... Temple Priest
David Tearle ... High Priest
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Runtime:
73 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Vitaphone (Western Electric Sound System)

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Filmed in 1929 and completed before Disraeli (1929), but was held out of release until later at the request of George Arliss because he felt the other film was a better vehicle for his talkie debut. more
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Version of Adventure in Iraq (1943) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
An entertainingly exotic mixture of drama, comedy and melodrama., 12 June 2001
Author: rastar-1 (George Aachen <rastar@tpg.com.au>) from Sydney, Australia

Although it doesn't start too promisingly, interest rises dramatically once Arliss enters the picture. With his sly, cunning portrait of a well-mannered but vicious despot, Arliss easily out-acts every other member of the cast, though Ivan Simpson enjoys some splendid moments as his dressed-to-the-nines flunky.

The direction, alas, is dull and static.

Production values, laced with obvious footage from Arliss' 1923 version, appear surprisingly meager.

Nonetheless, Arliss is such a skilfully charismatic lead, it would be a shame to miss his fascinating interpretation.

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