The Ringer (1928 film) explained

The Ringer
Director:Arthur Maude
Starring:Leslie Faber
Annette Benson
Lawson Butt
Nigel Barrie
Studio:British Lion Film Corporation
Distributor:Ideal (UK)
Runtime:86 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:Silent
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

Background

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

See also

References

  1. Web site: The Ringer. https://web.archive.org/web/20090113224622/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/64603. dead. 13 January 2009. BFI.
  2. Web site: The Ringer. https://web.archive.org/web/20120712003449/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b45f021. dead. 12 July 2012. BFI.
  3. Book: Kabatchnik, Amnon . Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire . 2010 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-6963-9 . en.