The Beggar of Cawnpore

The Beggar of Cawnpore

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 29, 1916

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Beggar of Cawnpore

Production Companies

New York Motion Picture, Kay-Bee Pictures

Director

Charles Swickard

Description

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.