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West of Zanzibar is an American 1928 silent horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore.

Plot[]

A magician seizes control over a tribe of cannibals under the pretense of defending them from black magic and then plots revenge on the man who took his dead wife and left him paralyzed and their illegitimate daughter.

Cast[]

  • Lon Chaney as Phroso
  • Lionel Barrymore as Crane
  • Mary Nolan as Maizie
  • Warner Baxter as Doc
  • Jacqueline Gadsdon as Anna
  • Tiny Ward as Tiny
  • Kalla Pasha as Babe
  • Curtis Nero as Bumbu

Remake[]

  • Was remade in 1932  with Walter Huston in Lon Chaney's role as Kongo
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