Jericho
Thornton Freeland · 1937
Jericho (1937), directed by Thornton Freeland, follows Paul Robeson as Jericho Jackson, a medical student court-martialed after saving trapped soldiers during World War I. Fleeing to North Africa, he earns acceptance among the Tuareg through healing and leadership, culminating in his guidance of their annual salt caravan. When a British officer recognises him in an anthropological film, he chooses not to reassert jurisdiction. Shot by John W. Boyle, the film balances courtroom tension with expansive desert realism — anchored by Robeson’s restrained, physically commanding performance.