The Beggar of Cawnpore

The Beggar of Cawnpore

60 mins | Drama | April 29, 1916

Dr. Robert Lowndes of the British army practices in a small Indian outpost during a cholera epidemic, and to ease his fever, uses morphine. He becomes an addict, but his sweetheart, Betty Archer, makes him promise to reform. Another of Betty's suitors, however, Captain Guy Douglas, uses drugs to tempt Lowndes.

The Beggar of Cawnpore

60 mins | Drama | April 29, 1916

The Beggar of Cawnpore
Dr. Robert Lowndes of the British army practices in a small Indian outpost during a cholera epidemic, and to ease his fever, uses morphine. He becomes an addict, but his sweetheart, Betty Archer, makes him promise to reform. Another of Betty's suitors, however, Captain Guy Douglas, uses drugs to tempt Lowndes.
Producers Kay-Bee Pictures, New York Motion Picture
Original title The Beggar of Cawnpore
Directors Charles Swickard
Writers C. Gardner Sullivan

Cast

H.B. Warner

as Dr. Robert Lowndes

Lola May

as Betty Archer

Wyndham Standing

as Capt. Guy Douglas

Alfred Hollingsworth

as Mulhar Rao

Harold Entwistle

as Col. Archer