''The Exiles'' is a 1923 American

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directed by Edmund Mortimer and written by

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and John Russell. It is based on the 1894 novel ''The Exiles'' by Richard Harding Davis. The film stars John Gilbert,

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, John Webb Dillion, Margaret Fielding and Fred Warren. The film was released on October 14, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation. In the film, a female murder suspect flees to

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, where she joins other self-exiled Americans. The prosecuting attorney follows her all the way to North Africa, and

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her.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a man is shot in his office. Alice Carroll is arrested and charged with the murder. She escapes and goes to

, where she stays at a notorious gambling resort in the company of fugitives known as "The Exiles." Henry Holcombe, the prosecuting attorney, discovers that Alice is innocent. He follows her to North Africa. When she refuses to return to the United States, Henry kidnaps her. They fall in love and she becomes his wife.

Cast

* John Gilbert as Henry Holcombe *

as Alice Carroll *John Webb Dillion as Wilhelm von Linke *Margaret Fielding as Rose Ainsmith *Fred Warren as Dr. Randolph

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Exiles 1923 films American adventure films 1923 adventure films Fox Film films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Films with screenplays by John Russell (screenwriter) Films based on American novels Films set in Algiers Films about kidnapping Silent adventure films