Chu-Chin-Chow

Chu-Chin-Chow

The Most Thrilling Pageant of Beauty and Daring that the screen has ever known!

NR 1924 · 120 min · ★ 9.0 · Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · Written by Herbert Wilcox

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