The Great Deception
1926 film by Howard Higgin
- July 25, 1926 (1926-07-25)
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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]
Synopsis
It 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
- 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
- ^ 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
- Parish, James Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
External links
- The Great Deception at IMDb
- The Great Deception synopsis at AllMovie
- Stills from The Great Deception at silenthollywood.com
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Films directed by Howard Higgin
- Rent Free (1922)
- In the Name of Love (1925)
- The New Commandment (1925)
- The Great Deception (1926)
- The Reckless Lady (1926)
- The Wilderness Woman (1926)
- The Perfect Sap (1927)
- Power (1928)
- Sal of Singapore (1928)
- Skyscraper (1928)
- The Leatherneck (1929)
- The Racketeer (1929)
- High Voltage (1929)
- The Painted Desert (1931)
- Hell's House (1932)
- The Final Edition (1932)
- The Last Man (1932)
- Carnival Lady (1933)
- Marriage on Approval (1933)
- The Line-Up (1934)
- Battle of Greed (1937)
- Raw Timber (1937)
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