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The Ringer (1928 film)

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The Ringer
Directed byArthur Maude
Written byEdgar Wallace (novel)
StarringLeslie Faber
Annette Benson
Lawson Butt
Nigel Barrie
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal (UK)
Release date
  • 28 August 1928 (1928-08-28)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Ringer is a 1928 British silent crime film directed by Arthur Maude starring Leslie Faber, Annette Benson and Hayford Hobbs.[1] It was based on the 1925 Edgar Wallace novel The Gaunt Stranger. Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away. A talkie version of The Ringer followed in 1931.[2]

Cast

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Background

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The film is one of the six screen adaptations of Wallace's novel.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Ringer". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ "The Ringer". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2010). Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6963-9.
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