Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)

Director
George Melford

Main cast
Rudolph Valentino; Dorothy Dalton; Charles Brinley; Emil Jorgenson; Maude Wayne

Genres
Adventure

Description
Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-too-scrupulous smuggler. When the ship encounters the foundering "Lady Letty," some of the Letty's crew is brought aboard, including Letty 'Moran' Sternerson, feisty daughter of the Letty's captain. Moran and Ramon have little use for each other, but when trouble erupts and the smuggler Captain Kitchell turns his evil eye on Moran, it is Ramon who comes to her rescue.


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