The Great Deception is a 1926 American silent drama film starring Basil Rathbone, Ben Lyon, and Aileen Pringle. It is based on the 1915 novel The Yellow Dove by George Gibbs about World War I era espionage, previously adapted as the 1919 film Shadows of Suspicion. This film is currently a lost film.[1][2][3][4] A New York Times review considered "this photoplay possesses an element of mystery and suspense".[5]
| The Great Deception | |
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| Directed by | Howard Higgin |
| Written by | Paul Bern (scenario) |
| Based on | The Yellow Dove by George Gibbs |
| Produced by | Robert Kane |
| Starring | Ben Lyon Aileen Pringle Basil Rathbone |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
Production company | Robert Kane Productions |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Synopsis
editIt portrays the activities of a British undercover agent Cryil Mansfield, who is in Germany as part of a plan to feed false intelligence to the German high command. His mission is threatened by Rizzio, a double agent who uses Mansfield's American lover Lois as part of a scheme to entrap and execute him.
Cast
edit- Ben Lyon as Cyril Mansfield
- Aileen Pringle as Lois
- Basil Rathbone as Rizzio
- Sam Hardy as Handy
- Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Mansfield
- Amelia Summerville as Lady Jane
- Hubert Wilke as General Von Frankenhauser
- Lucien Prival as Von Markow
- Lucius J. Henderson as Burton
- Mark Gonzales as Maxwell
References
edit- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Great Deception(Wayback)
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Great Deception at silentera.com
- ^ Arne Andersen's: Lost Film Files indicating the film's lost status under First National films for the year 1926
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Catalog: The Great Deception
- ^ Parish & Pitts p.202
Bibliography
edit- Parish, James Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
External links
edit- The Great Deception at IMDb
- The Great Deception synopsis at AllMovie
- Stills from The Great Deception at silenthollywood.com
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