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Foreign Devils (1927 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Foreign Devils' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Claire Windsor, which was released by MGM on September 3, 1927.
Plot
Captain Robert Kelly (McCoy) while attached to the American Embassy in Peking at the time of the Boxer Rebellion befriends Lady Patricia Rutledge (Windsor) and rescues her from the priests of a Chinese temple that she has gone to visit. He then asks a friend to escort her to safety and battles the Chinese in order to give them time to escape. Eventually he brings news or the approach of the Eight-Nation Alliance to the barricade.'Motion Picture News', April 28, 1928, p. 1348
Cast
* Tim McCoy as Capt. Robert Kelly
* Claire Windsor as Lady Patricia Rutledge
* Cyril Chadwick as Lord Vivien Cholmondely
* Frank Currier as U.S. Minister Conger
* Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Conger
* Lawson Butt as Sir Claude
* Sjin as Lama priest (as Sojin)
* Frank Chew as Prince Tuan
Crew
* Cedric Gibbons - Art Director
* David Townsend - Art Director
* Ren Hubert - Costume Design
References
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