Passed | 20min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror | 1 March 1931 (USA)
American adventurer Richard Grant is falsely accused of murdering an Indian noble and escapes to Africa in search of diamond field and the real culprit.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Wyndham Gittens, Ford Beebe
Stars: Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Tom Santschi
American adventurer Richard Grant is falsely accused of murdering an Indian noble and escapes to Africa in search of diamond field and the real culprit.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Wyndham Gittens, Ford Beebe
Stars: Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Tom Santschi
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Short filmTranscript
01:00a man of terrific strength, captured in the African jungle and trained to obey an animal
01:05hunter named Harris, has led its master to an Arab camp. Harris had set the monster on
01:10the trail of Tom Armitage, who knows the location of a rich diamond deposit. Armitage, weakened
01:16by a bullet wound, has been held prisoner by Mustafa, the Arab chief, who thinks he
01:22has outwitted Harris in the race to get the secret of the diamonds. But Robert Grant,
01:27a young American disguised as an Arab, has rescued Tom and hidden him in a pit which
01:33the Arabs dug to capture a tiger. Meanwhile, Tom's sister Muriel has reached the camp and
01:39is bargaining with Mustafa to free her brother, offering to tell him the location of the diamonds.
01:45A mysterious man wearing black glasses, who has already menaced Muriel when she discovered
01:51the diamond deposit, steals up outside the tent to listen. And during Grant's absence,
01:58Mustafa's men begin to fill in the pit where Tom lies hidden.
02:22Jungle, boy, find it.
02:45All right. To protect my brother, I'll tell you where the diamonds are. Go back along
02:50the trail toward the Matabele village. They're on the right of the trail, partly hidden behind
02:54some vines.
03:20We must be quick. Now is the time to escape.
03:24But I can't leave knowing that Tom is here and in danger.
03:27Tom isn't here. He's wandering out in the jungle. Harris and that beast are trailing
03:30him. We must follow immediately if we are to help him.
03:35There's one horse here. Be ready when I come by with another.
03:38But what about Peterson and Mrs. Colby? We can't leave them behind.
03:41They'll be safe. Mustafa has no quarrel with them.
03:43Who?
03:44Somewhere in this camp there is a killer loose. He tried to shoot me. You seen him?
03:50No, I didn't.
04:01Hey, there he goes!
04:09Help! Help! Help!
04:12I think I seen him running.
04:14So you did. And he pulled me over. He ran out through the tent there.
04:42You take the other trail and meet us later.
04:45All right.
04:46You take the other trail and meet us later.
04:49All right.
04:50You take the other trail and meet us later.
04:53All right.
04:54You take the other trail and meet us later.
04:56All right.
04:57You take the other trail and meet us later.
05:00All right.
05:01You take the other trail and meet us later.
05:03All right.
05:25Just in time, my friend.
05:27Just in time, my friend.
05:29You think you can stay on this horse until you get to Lubanga?
05:31Yes.
05:32All right, then give me your clothes and you take mine.
05:34All right.
05:49Why, Muriel! What brings you here?
05:51She can explain to you as you arrive. Here's Muriel's gun.
05:54Now you'll be perfectly safe if you head straight for Lubanga.
05:56But what's to become of you?
05:58I've got business with Harris.
06:00You know enough of my story to understand.
06:02Now please, both of you, hurry.
06:26Come on.
06:38Come with me, baby.
06:39Come.
06:40Come.
06:42Come.
06:51Back off, both of you.
06:53You had better hand over that paper, Harris.
06:55Fool!
06:56Don't you know all I have to do is speak to Beamey?
06:59And that would be your last wallet, Harris.
07:02You don't look like anyone who would shoot a man down in cold blood.
07:05Don't I?
07:06You'd better look close, Harris, and you'll see that I'm serious.
07:10Grant!
07:11Bob Grant!
07:13After all that time I spent in prison for you,
07:15you still think I wouldn't shoot?
07:18Come on, hand over that wallet.
07:20Come on, hand over that wallet.
07:40Now I expect you to follow.
07:42But don't try any tricks because I'll be ready for you.
07:45And I advise you not to show up again in Lubanga.
07:50Beamey!
07:51Beamey!
07:54Goodbye.
08:14Would it be possible to have an audience with the esteemed agent
08:19Yes, it's important.
08:21I'm a busy man.
08:22Move.
08:28You perhaps recall an American's attempt some time ago
08:32to take the throne of the Raja of Rampur?
08:35What can you possibly know about that?
08:37Since you know the case,
08:39you must recall that the American protested his innocence
08:42and swore there was a letter that would prove his word.
08:45Yes, yes, I know.
08:47I have that letter.
08:52Recovered from the man who withheld it.
08:57It's in Hindustani.
08:58Do you know what it says?
09:00Yes.
09:02It was written on the Raja's deathbed
09:05and proves that the American was taking his place for a few days.
09:10How could an American expect to pass for a native Raja?
09:14Save for the color of their skin.
09:16They were alike.
09:18It was this likeness that brought them together and made them friends.
09:23How do you possibly know so much about this affair?
09:27I am that American.
09:30That's impossible.
09:31You expect me to believe that?
09:36After I escaped from prison, I assumed the disguise
09:39so that I might remain at liberty until I proved my innocence.
09:42Now I'm ready to go back and stand trial.
09:45You mean to say you didn't kill the Raja?
09:47His death was an accident which occurred
09:49while we were hunting tigers in the jungle.
09:55Who's that power-looking bird back there with the Raja?
09:59Why, that's his cousin, Prince Decker.
10:01Why, that's his cousin, Prince Decker.
10:31Raja!
10:32Raja!
10:33Raja!
10:34Raja!
10:35Raja!
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10:48Raja!
10:49Raja!
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10:53Raja!
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11:00Raja!
11:01Raja!
11:04No one must know that this is happening.
11:08At least alone, my cousin Decker.
11:12Give me a leaf from your notebook.
11:17I'll have strength to write.
11:23You must use your time in bearing this to my brother in Crabona.
11:30And you, my friend, for the next 48 hours, you must be the Raja of Rangoon.
11:47You've got to go through with it now.
11:49You think you can get away with this Raja stuff?
11:52I'll try, for his sake.
11:56There's no time to lose. There's a bull of whoosh right outside the tent.
11:59Get me some of the berries so I can stain my face and have me change clothes with the Raja.
12:06Harris proved false to his trust, sold the information to the pretender Decker,
12:10and was prevented from taking the throne only by the arrival of troops.
12:14And to cover themselves, they accused me.
12:18What proof have you that this fantastic story is true?
12:22My only proof is the Raja's letter.
12:24To get it, I escaped prison and hunted by the police of three continents and trailed Harris ever since.
12:29Now that I have it, I surrender myself to you.
12:43It will be necessary to consider yourself under arrest.
12:48However, you will have the freedom of my quarters
12:51until I've communicated with the authorities of Rangoon.
13:14You'd probably like a chance to clean up.
13:16Yes, I should say I would.
13:22Huh?
13:36Mr. Wainwright, I'm Tom Armitage and this is my sister, Muriel.
13:41Won't you take a chair?
13:42Thanks.
13:44I stumbled on some diamonds in the old volcano crater near the Metabili village.
13:48I wanted to turn the information over to you.
13:56That is interesting.
13:58There are people in this district who would not report a diamond find to the government,
14:03but would try and work it themselves, illegally.
14:08You know, this is the first time I felt safe in several days.
14:11Somebody heard about my discovery and tried to get the information from me.
14:15I was carried through the jungle for days.
14:17I only managed to escape yesterday.
14:19Did they get the information from you?
14:21No, but a woman named LaSalle shot at me when she saw I was growing suspicious of her questioning.
14:27Are you sure the shot was fired by Mrs. LaSalle?
14:31We were struggling for possession of the gun at the time I was wounded.
14:34I thought as much.
14:36Mrs. LaSalle would not have shot an innocent man.
14:40She was a trusted agent of the police.
14:43An agent of the police?
14:46Yes, and you may be sure that this department is leaving no stone unturned to solve the mystery of her murder.
14:59Wainwright speaking.
15:01Number 62 talking.
15:03Information regarding the death of Mrs. LaSalle.
15:07Yes, yes.
15:11Oh, thank you.
15:12Check in again later.
15:22I guess we'd better not take any more of your time.
15:24Just a minute.
15:26That phone conversation had a strange bearing on the murder of Mrs. LaSalle.
15:31Did you find the guilty party?
15:33Possibly.
15:35You were on the boat the night of the murder, I believe.
15:38Yes, my stateroom was almost directly opposite hers.
15:43May I ask what took you on board, Miss Armitage?
15:47I received an anonymous note saying that Mrs. LaSalle could explain my brother's disappearance.
15:53Did you speak to her?
15:55Yes, I had rather an unsatisfactory interview with her.
15:59Rather stormy interview, wasn't it?
16:01And you were found in her stateroom shortly after she was killed, were you not?
16:06Are you hinting that my sister had something to do with the killing of Mrs. LaSalle?
16:10All the dead.
16:11Under the circumstances, I must put her under arrest for murder.
16:15This is ridiculous.
16:17An outrage.
16:18Come on, Muriel.
16:23Get out of my way!
16:25Take your hands off.
16:26My sister's innocent.
16:27Where do you get your authority?
16:29You can't handle a lady like that.
16:31Just a minute, old man.
16:32This kind of a scene won't help Muriel.
16:34Muriel!
16:35Now, hold on.
16:36We know that she's not guilty.
16:37But you can help her more by going about it peacefully instead of losing your head.
16:40I guess you're right.
16:42This is outrageous.
16:44It's things like this that makes outlaws of men.
16:52I think you'll find, sir, that Miss Armitage is not guilty of the crime.
17:08Hello, Mrs. Comerby.
17:10Good evening, my dear.
17:12I know how troubled you are.
17:14But town will soon have you out of here.
17:17I want to caution you not to tell anyone of the location of the diamond mine.
17:22Not even your authorities.
17:24But I've already told Mr. Wainwright.
17:26Oh, dear, oh, dear.
17:28Thank you, Mrs. Comerby.
17:30I'm sorry.
17:31I'm sorry, Mrs. Comerby.
17:33But I've already told Mr. Wainwright.
17:35Oh, dear, oh, dear.
17:37That's unfortunate.
17:39I don't know.
17:40Has Tom been here?
17:41No.
17:42Well, when he comes, tell him not to mention the diamonds to anyone.
17:46Oh, diamonds.
17:48I wish I'd never heard of them.
17:50They're the cause of all of our trouble.
18:04Why, this is the same handwriting as the note that warned me against Mrs. LaSalle.
18:09Give me that note.
18:16With this to wipe from, I may be able to help you.
18:20I'm connected with the police.
18:22But don't tell anyone.
18:23Your authorities here don't know me.
18:25I'm working out of Calcutta.
18:27Oh.
18:28Now get this.
18:29And I'll come in tomorrow and tell you the progress I've made.
18:34Good night, dear.
18:35Good night.
18:59Is that you, Grant?
19:30Burials.
19:40That's where you are.
19:59Wainwright has been killed.
20:01Yes, and we have the murderer.