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The Dictator

The Dictator

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 25, 1922

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Original Title

The Dictator

Production Companies

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Paramount Pictures

Director

James Cruze

Description

A silent romantic adventure melodrama (from the play and novel by Richard Harding) about a womanizer who follows a beautiful Hispanic woman to her home country and his adventures there. He ends up helping her father become dictator of the entire country, and is rewarded with marriage to her and he is named Minister of Finance!