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The Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 14, 1916

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama, History

Original Title

The Victoria Cross

Production Companies

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Director

Edward LeSaint

Description

Maj. Ralph Seton is a British army officer stationed in Cawnpore, India, when the Sepoy Rebellion--a mutiny of Indian soldiers in the Brtitish army in India--breaks out in 1857. He receives the prestigious Victoria Cross--the highest decoration that can be awarded to a British soldier--for his actions in battle. However, after a night of drunken debauchery, he is stripped of the honor and disgraced in front of his love, Joan Strathallen, the daughter of his commanding officer. When Indian rebel leader Azimoolah instigates an uprising by the natives and has Joan kidnapped, Seton sets out to redeem his honor and save the woman he loves.