The Scimitar of the Prophet

While touring Egypt, Harris and his wife visit an old temple and are fascinated by a sacred scimitar, which, at the corner of a shrine, is religiously guarded by Hadjji, a Mohammedan priest. The wife is a curio fiend, and demands that Harris secure the scimitar, but the husband, having read in his guidebook that the scimitar was supposedly presented to the prophet in a vision and that the vengeance of Allah will follow whosoever disturbs it, begs her to abandon the foolish idea. She insists. That night Harris enters the temple with a rope ladder, steals the scimitar and escapes.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

18 min

Cast:

Earle Foxe, Alice Hollister, Robert G. Vignola

Quality:

HD

Director:

Robert G. Vignola

Release:

1913

Country:

United States

Rating:

10.0