The Great Deception
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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
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- Stills from The Great Deception at silenthollywood.com
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- 1926 films
- 1926 lost films
- 1920s English-language films
- Lost American drama films
- American silent feature films
- First National Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Howard Higgin
- Films set in London
- Films set in Germany
- American World War I films
- 1920s spy drama films
- American spy drama films
- Remakes of American films
- 1926 drama films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American drama films
- English-language spy drama films