The Carpet from Bagdad

Genres

Adventure

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Horace Wadsworth (played by Guy Oliver), one of a gang of criminals also planning a bank robbery in New York, steals the titular prayer rug from its Baghdad mosque. He sells the carpet to antique dealer George Jones (Wheeler Oakman) to fund the robbery scheme. But the theft places both men and Fortune Chedsoye (Kathlyn Williams), the innocent daughter of another conspirator, in danger from the carpet's guardian.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

50 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

03 May 1915

Country

United States of America

Cast

Kathlyn Williams

Fortune Chedsoye

Wheeler Oakman

George P.A. Jones

Guy Oliver

Horace Wadsworth

Eugenie Besserer

Mrs. Chedsoye

Charles Clary

Mohamed

Harry Lonsdale

Arthur Wadsworth

Fred Huntley

Wallace

Frank Clark

Major Callahan

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