A Man's Past

Overview

Imprisoned at the French garrison on the Isle of St. Noir for putting to death a patient suffering from an incurable illness, Dr. Paul La Roche escapes to the mainland, where he meets Dr. Henry Fontaine, his boyhood friend, and Fontaine's beautiful sister, Yvonne. As Fontaine is going blind, La Roche performs several operations for him, attracting the attention of Dr. Renaud, in Algiers, who offers him a position. La Roche, practicing as Fontaine, reveals his love for Yvonne during an excursion to a Bedouin camp. Then, Lieutenant Destin, from the prison, arrives and threatens La Roche with exposure unless he surrenders the hand of Yvonne.

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Cast

Conrad Veidt

Paul La Roche

Barbara Bedford

Yvonne Fontaine

Ian Keith

Dr. Fontaine

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Lieutenant Destin

Károly Huszár

Prison Doctor

Corliss Palmer

Sylvia Cabot

Edward Reinach

Dr. Renaud