Beyond the Rocks is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood, starring Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Elinor Glyn. Captain Fitzgerald , a retired guardsman on a modest pension, has to support three daughters: Theodora and her older half-sisters. Theodora's sisters pin their hopes on her marrying a wealthy man. One day, Theodora goes out on a rowboat off the coast of Dorset and falls into the water. She is rescued by Lord Hector Bracondale . He is young, handsome and wealthy, but "not the marrying kind". Out of a sense of duty... to her beloved father, she reluctantly agrees to wed the middle-aged, short, stout Josiah Brown , a former grocer's assistant who is now a multi-millionaire. They honeymoon in the Alps. By coincidence, Bracondale stops at the same inn. Rich American widow Jane McBride persuades the young bride to accompany her on a climbing excursion. Theodora slips and dangles precariously by her safety line over a cliff. Bracondale appears and climbs down to her, but they are too heavy for the others to pull up.
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| Release date: | May 7, 1922 |
| Directed by: | Sam Wood |
| Runtime: | 80 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | Alfred Gilks |