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My American Wife

My American Wife

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 1922

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

My American Wife

Production Companies

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Director

Sam Wood

Description

Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky woman whose horse has won a race at a South American track. Manuel gives a party in her honor, where she is insulted by one of the guests. Manuel knocks down the offender. The offender, whose father is a powerful figure in the country's politics, challenges Manuel to a duel, but also hires a man to hide in ambush and kill his opponent. Manuel is only wounded and Natalie nurses him back to health. Natalie loves Manuel and seeks to uncover the mystery of the bullet fired at him during the duel. A lost film.