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
Release date	July 25, 1926 (1926-07-25)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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

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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