- British army doctor Robert Lowndes battles a cholera epidemic at a small fort in Cawnpore, India, in the 1850s. When he catches a fever he begins to take morphine in order to continue treating his patients. Unfortunately he becomes an addict. He is supported by his girlfriend Betty Archer, but a rival suitor, Capt. Guy Douglas, is determined to get Lowndes out of the picture any way he can, including giving him drugs. Matters are further complicated by the outbreak of the Sepoy Rebellion, a nationwide mutiny of Indian soldiers in the British army, which breaks out in Cawnpore.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- Dr. Robert Lowndes of the British Army medical corps is assigned to an isolated post in the Indian desert when a plague of cholera sweeps over the territory. Despite his efforts his friend, the only white man in the settlement, is a victim of the disease. This so alarms the natives that they flee and Lowndes is left practically alone, unable to leave until relieved and waiting month after month in vain hope that he will be recalled. At the last only the drugs in his cabinet enable him to keep up. When finally ordered to Delhi he is a hopeless victim of the drugs. He confesses his weakness to his sweetheart, Betty Archer, and gives his promise when she exacts it that he will never yield again. But Douglas, who also loves Betty, discovers the powerful weapon that is at his disposal and tempts the doctor. Lowndes falls and is renounced by the girl he loves. Six months later he is living in a hut in Cawnpore, a beggar, seeking only enough money to keep him supplied with the Hindu bhang, a good substitute for cocaine. Betty has married Douglas and learns of her mistake in the discovery that a dancing girl monopolizes his attentions. Eager to leave the scenes of her suffering, she goes to Cawnpore to visit her aunt. She arrives as the first rumblings of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 are heard. Lowndes sees her, learns of her unhappiness and then begins a terrific struggle to free himself from his habit. He succeeds, almost too late. The Sepoys have captured the town and men, women and children are in grave danger. Douglas, sent to command the defenders, has turned traitor and in the garb of a Sepoy has been shot by the English. Betty's rescue by Lowndes, his complete return to his former self and their subsequent marriage are pictured in the remainder of the story.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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