The Great Deception

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The Great Deception
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Directed by Howard Higgin
Written by Paul Bern (scenario)
Based onThe 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
Release date
  • July 25, 1926 (1926-07-25)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

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]

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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.

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Great Deception(Wayback)
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Great Deception at silentera.com
  3. Arne Andersen's: Lost Film Files indicating the film's lost status under First National films for the year 1926
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Catalog: The Great Deception
  5. Parish & Pitts p.202

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