The Scimitar of the Prophet (1913)
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. In his flight he loses his hat, which is found by the horrified Hadjji. Hadjji follows the tourists to America, and posing as a rug merchant, gains access to their house, where the vengeance of Allah is fulfilled.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Robert G. Vignola | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Earle Foxe | |
| Alice Hollister | |
| Robert G. Vignola | |
| Henry Hallam |
