A bunch of crooks team up to find and steal money from an old man and his daughter.A bunch of crooks team up to find and steal money from an old man and his daughter.A bunch of crooks team up to find and steal money from an old man and his daughter.
Charles Hill Mailes
- Alfred de Jonghe
- (as Chas. H. Mailes)
Wilhelm von Brincken
- Undetermined Supporting Role
- (scenes deleted)
- (as William von Brincken)
John George
- Mohammed
- (uncredited)
George Irving
- Paris Prefect of Police
- (uncredited)
Arnold Korff
- Lautrac
- (uncredited)
Nadja
- Native Dancer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn an interview given in 1993, Fay Wray expressed disappointment over this film. She recalled that she felt the script was substandard and a bit too unrealistic. She was surprised to learn from the interviewer that screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur had likely pawned the script off on one or more subordinates before the script was finished.
- GoofsWhen The Arab is going down the street on his way to tell Hunt about his inability to furnish him with a car, he is clearly being followed by a spotlight.
- Quotes
Barrington Hunt: Did you get that car?
Arab: Impossible.
Barrington Hunt: It's not impossible! Do you expect me to go on a camel? Now you keep on looking until you come back with a car. A car - do you understand? Four wheels. One on each corner. A motor in the front to make it go.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: Ronald Colman (1962)
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Hotel in the Sahara Desert crawling with criminal thugs...
RONALD COLMAN spent a fair share of his early career as a criminal on the loose. RAFFLES and THE UNHOLY GARDEN are some prime examples. Unfortunately, neither one of these films is rated high on any list of Colman's film resume.
THE UNHOLY GARDEN gets its title from the swarm of criminals and thieves residing at a seedy hotel in the Sahara Desert, where a beautiful young girl (FAY WRAY) is trying to keep her father's hidden wealth from the prying hands of a bunch of hoods determined to get their hands on the loot. Along comes gentleman RONALD COLMAN, himself a thief, who charms the girl but makes the mistake of falling in love with her. He finds his conscience before the final reel.
It's all played in a wildly overacted fashion with actors given to the kind of emoting that went out with silent pictures. Colman is credible in the lead but everyone else seems to be playing to the balcony.
The plot is similar to many other such crime capers, one in particular being a film made around the same time called SAFE IN HELL, whereby a young woman runs away from authorities to a South Seas island and must stay at a run-down hotel surrounded by unsavory criminals.
Nothing distinctive here about the story's treatment. Its only interest is giving the viewer a chance to see the young Ronald Colman playing a romantic lead.
THE UNHOLY GARDEN gets its title from the swarm of criminals and thieves residing at a seedy hotel in the Sahara Desert, where a beautiful young girl (FAY WRAY) is trying to keep her father's hidden wealth from the prying hands of a bunch of hoods determined to get their hands on the loot. Along comes gentleman RONALD COLMAN, himself a thief, who charms the girl but makes the mistake of falling in love with her. He finds his conscience before the final reel.
It's all played in a wildly overacted fashion with actors given to the kind of emoting that went out with silent pictures. Colman is credible in the lead but everyone else seems to be playing to the balcony.
The plot is similar to many other such crime capers, one in particular being a film made around the same time called SAFE IN HELL, whereby a young woman runs away from authorities to a South Seas island and must stay at a run-down hotel surrounded by unsavory criminals.
Nothing distinctive here about the story's treatment. Its only interest is giving the viewer a chance to see the young Ronald Colman playing a romantic lead.
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