Wages of Virtue is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Forrest Halsey and Percival Christopher Wren.

The film stars Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Norman Trevor, Ivan Linow, Armand Cortes, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, and Paul Panzer.

Like that story, Wages of Virtue is based around the French Foreign Legion, and an Italian woman who runs a café in Algiers frequented by the Legionnaires.

[3] As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Luigi (Linow), a strong man, head of a small show, saves the life of a young woman, Carmelita (Swanson), and persuades her to join his company.

Among them is an American, Marvin (Lyon), who falls in love with her, but she is held to Luigi by gratitude until she learns that he is planning to marry Madame Cantiniere (D'Ambricourt), a widow who runs another cafe.