La Serpe di Zanzibar
Paese d'origine: USA
Versioni alternative: - MGM also released this move without any soundtrack.
Genere: Drama
Plot: Magician Phroso's wife Anna leaves him for another man, named Crane, who fights with Phroso and leaves him paralyzed. Later Anna returns and he finds her dead, leaving behind a daughter. For 18 years Phroso, known as "Dead Legs" by his cronies, plots his revenge, becoming a pseudo-king in East Africa, nearby where Crane has set up an ivory business. When the daughter is grown, having lived in a brothel in Zanzibar thanks to "Dead Legs", Phroso put his plan into action, resulting in revenge and retribution all around.
Date di uscita internazionali:
| USA:24 November 1928 |
| MET:1874.52 m | (7 reels) |
| Silent |
| Western Electric Sound System | (musical score and sound effects) |
| USA:65 |
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
mgm (metro-goldwyn-mayer) (aka mgm-ua)
jury-metro-goldwyn, ltd.
produzione cinematografica: metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures mgm (metro-goldwyn-mayer) (aka mgm-ua)
produttore cinematografico: browning tod thalberg irving
attore: chaney lon barrymore lionel nolan mary baxter warner gadsdon jacqueline ward tiny pasha kalla nero curtis emmons louise chase chaz (i)
direttore della fotografia: hilburn percy
montaggio: reynolds harry (i)
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: clawson elliott j. gordon kilbourn young waldemar de vonde chester farnham joseph
troupe varia: cox david (i)
produzione cinematografica: metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures mgm (metro-goldwyn-mayer) (aka mgm-ua)
produttore cinematografico: browning tod thalberg irving
attore: chaney lon barrymore lionel nolan mary baxter warner gadsdon jacqueline ward tiny pasha kalla nero curtis emmons louise chase chaz (i)
direttore della fotografia: hilburn percy
montaggio: reynolds harry (i)
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: clawson elliott j. gordon kilbourn young waldemar de vonde chester farnham joseph
troupe varia: cox david (i)


