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Two Arabian Knights is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Lewis Milestone released in USA on 23 september 1927 with William Boyd

Two Arabian Knights (1927)

Two Arabian Knights
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Released in USA 23 september 1927
Length 1h32
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Adventure,    Romance
Rating66% 3.3411453.3411453.3411453.3411453.341145

Two Arabian Knights (1927) is an American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd, Mary Astor and Louis Wolheim. A silent film, Two Arabian Knights was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The screenwriters were James T. O'Donohue, Wallace Smith, and George Marion Jr.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction.

Synopsis

During the First World War, two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land. Expecting to die, W. Daingerfield Phelps III (William Boyd) decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney (Louis Wolheim). While they are brawling, the Germans sneak up and capture them.

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