Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's love for Gillian is revived, but he already has a wife, Lolaire, a native. In a jealous rage, Lolaire kills herself, freeing Craven, who returns to England and marries Gillian. His Indian servant, Kunwar Singh, casts a spell on Craven, causing him to leave Gillian and to go into the Algerian desert. There he joins Said, an old university friend who is the son of an Algerian sheik. Gillian follows, the servant is killed, and with him dies the spell, "The Shadow of the East."
Unfortunately the movie The Shadow of the East is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Camera | Jules Cronjager | Director of Photography |
| Crew | William Fox | Presenter |
| Directing | George Archainbaud | Director |
| Writing | Edith Maude Hull | Novel |
| Writing | Frederic Hatton | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fanny Hatton | Screenplay |
