Imprisoned at the French garrison on the Isle of St. Noir for putting to death a patient suffering from an incurable illness, Dr. Paul La Roche escapes to the mainland, where he meets Dr. Henry Fontaine, his boyhood friend, and Fontaine's beautiful sister, Yvonne. As Fontaine is going blind, La Roche performs several operations for him, attracting the attention of Dr. Renaud, in Algiers, who offers him a position. La Roche, practicing as Fontaine, reveals his love for Yvonne during an excursion to a Bedouin camp. Then, Lieutenant Destin, from the prison, arrives and threatens La Roche with exposure unless he surrenders the hand of Yvonne.
Conrad Veidt
as Paul La Roche
Barbara Bedford
as Yvonne Fontaine
Ian Keith
as Dr. Fontaine
Arthur Edmund Carewe
as Lieutenant Destin
Károly Huszár
as Prison Doctor
Corliss Palmer
as Sylvia Cabot
Edward Reinach
as Dr. Renaud
