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The Beggar of Cawnpore

1916 ยท 1 hr

Dr. Robert Lowndes of the British army practices in a small Indian outpost during a cholera epidemic, and to ease his fever, uses morphine. He becomes an addict, but his sweetheart, Betty Archer, makes him promise to reform. Another of Betty's suitors, however, Captain Guy Douglas, uses drugs to tempt Lowndes.

Director: Charles Swickard

Cast: H.B. Warner, Lola May, Wyndham Standing, Alfred Hollingsworth, Harold Entwistle