The Great Deception (1926)
- Directed by
- Howard Higgin
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During World War I, a man gets caught up in espionage. The film follows his involvement with secrets and deception.
mysterioussuspensefuldramaticsilent-eraromanticwartimeintriguingtense
What happens
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. A New York Times review considered "this photoplay possesses an element of mystery and suspense". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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