The Ring and the Rajah

The Ring and the Rajah

1914 · 17 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime

A Rajah dies saving a captain's wife when the plan to poison her husband goes wrong.

Directed by Harold M. Shaw · Written by Anne Merwin

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