Without Benefit of Clergy

Without Benefit of Clergy

1921•1h 0m•9.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

9.0/10(1)

A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.

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Production

Robert Brunton Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

Pir Khan

Virginia Brown Faire

Virginia Brown Faire

Ameera

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Ahmed Khan

Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

Thomas Holding

Thomas Holding

Holden

Evelyn Selbie

Evelyn Selbie

Ameera's mother

Ruth Cummings

Alice Sanders (as Ruth Sinclair)

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