The Desert Hawk
Kasim The Caliph of Ahad is captured by two henchmen of his twin brother Hassan, who plots to overthrow his regime. Kasim manages to escape and returns to assume the identity of "The Desert Hawk" to r…
The Desert Hawk
Kasim The Caliph of Ahad is captured by two henchmen of his twin brother Hassan, who plots to overthrow his regime. Kasim manages to escape and returns to assume the identity of "The Desert Hawk" to regain his rightful place on the throne. Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, Faud and they send several henchmen into the royal palace, who then knock Kasim unconscious. Faud and Hassan dispatch a couple of different hirelings to take Kasim into another part of the town and murder him.Kasin comes to and gets away, but has been wounded. Omar, a beggar, takes Kasim to his home and nurses him back to health. But, it takes a few weeks for Kasin to get healthy and, by that time, Hassan has a firm grip on the duties of a Caliph. In a storeroom, Kasim finds a coat of mail with a great hawk emblazoned across the chest and promptly decides this is the costume he will wear while fighting to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Emir of Telif shows up with his daughter, Princess Azala, with the intent of marrying her off to the local Caliph. They do not know that the current-Caliph on the royal-throne is the evil twin-brother of the man they think he is. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> First episode - "The Twin Brothers:" Kasim (Gilbert Roland) is about to be coronated Caliph of Ahad, but Frank Lackteen, chief chamberlain, plots to overthrow him, and replace him with his banished, ne'er-do-well twin brother, Hassan (Gilbert Roland). Kasim is knocked out, and kidnapped to a lonely part of town, where his murder is planned. He recovers, however, and escapes after a terrific fight during which he is wounded. Ben Welden, a beggar, nurses him back to health, and merchant Charles Middleton comes to his aid. Kasim, the beggar, and the merchant are arrested, but Kasim and the beggar get away by a ruse and later attempt to free the merchant from jail, but Kasim is trapped by guards and forced into a store-room, where he finds and dons a coat-of-mail, which has a hawk emblazoned across the chest. After a duel, Kasim, now The Hawk, is knocked out by the guards, taken to the throne room, where he breaks loose and fights his way to a window, from which he leaps to the courtyard below. Twisting his ankle in making the landing, he is unable to move as a troop of mounted guards charge toward him. This Graustarkian adventure in an Oriental setting shows promise. It is interesting, fairly well produced and enacted, and logical enough. The heroine does not make an appearance in chapter one.
The Desert Hawk
Action,Adventure,Comedy
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Kasim The Caliph of Ahad is captured by two henchmen of his twin brother Hassan, who plots to overthrow his regime. Kasim manages to escape and returns to assume the identity of "The Desert Hawk" to regain his rightful place on the throne. Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph.
Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, Faud and they send several henchmen into the royal palace, who then knock Kasim unconscious. Faud and Hassan dispatch a couple of different hirelings to take Kasim into another part of the town and murder him.Kasin comes to and gets away, but has been wounded. Omar, a beggar, takes Kasim to his home and nurses him back to health.
But, it takes a few weeks for Kasin to get healthy and, by that time, Hassan has a firm grip on the duties of a Caliph. In a storeroom, Kasim finds a coat of mail with a great hawk emblazoned across the chest and promptly decides this is the costume he will wear while fighting to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Emir of Telif shows up with his daughter, Princess Azala, with the intent of marrying her off to the local Caliph.
They do not know that the current-Caliph on the royal-throne is the evil twin-brother of the man they think he is. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> First episode - "The Twin Brothers:" Kasim (Gilbert Roland) is about to be coronated Caliph of Ahad, but Frank Lackteen, chief chamberlain, plots to overthrow him, and replace him with his banished, ne'er-do-well twin brother, Hassan (Gilbert Roland). Kasim is knocked out, and kidnapped to a lonely part of town, where his murder is planned.
He recovers, however, and escapes after a terrific fight during which he is wounded. Ben Welden, a beggar, nurses him back to health, and merchant Charles Middleton comes to his aid. Kasim, the beggar, and the merchant are arrested, but Kasim and the beggar get away by a ruse and later attempt to free the merchant from jail, but Kasim is trapped by guards and forced into a store-room, where he finds and dons a coat-of-mail, which has a hawk emblazoned across the chest.
After a duel, Kasim, now The Hawk, is knocked out by the guards, taken to the throne room, where he breaks loose and fights his way to a window, from which he leaps to the courtyard below. Twisting his ankle in making the landing, he is unable to move as a troop of mounted guards charge toward him. This Graustarkian adventure in an Oriental setting shows promise.
It is interesting, fairly well produced and enacted, and logical enough. The heroine does not make an appearance in chapter one..