Foreign Devils is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Claire Windsor, which was released by MGM on September 3, 1927.

Plot

Captain Robert Kelly (McCoy) while attached to the American Embassy in Peking at the time of the Boxer Rebellion befriends Lady Patricia Rutledge (Windsor) and rescues her from the priests of a Chinese temple that she has gone to visit. He then asks a friend to escort her to safety and battles the Chinese in order to give them time to escape. Eventually he brings news or the approach of the Eight-Nation Alliance to the barricade.

Foreign Devils (1927 film)

Cast

Tim McCoy as Capt. Robert Kelly

Claire Windsor as Lady Patricia Rutledge

Cyril Chadwick as Lord Vivien Cholmondely

Frank Currier as U.S. Minister Conger

Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Conger

Lawson Butt as Sir Claude

Sôjin as Lama priest (as Sojin) Frank Chew as Prince Tuan

Foreign Devils (1927 film)

Crew

Cedric Gibbons - Art Director

David Townsend - Art Director

René Hubert - Costume Design

References

External links

Posters and stills at clairewindsor.weebly.com

1927 films

1927 drama films

Silent American drama films

American silent feature films

American black-and-white films

1920s English-language films

Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films

Films set in Beijing

Films set in 1900

Films set in the Qing dynasty

1920s American films

Foreign Devils (1927 film)