West of Zanzibar (1928)
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Top billed cast
Lon ChaneyPhroso 'Dead-Legs'
Lionel BarrymoreCrane
Mary NolanMaizie
Warner BaxterDoc
Jacqueline GadsdenAnna
Tiny WardTiny
Kalla PashaBabe
Curtis NeroBumbu
Chaz ChaseMusic Hall Performer (uncredited)
Rose DioneZanzibar Club Owner (uncredited)
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