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Cast

Aileen Pringle

Aileen Pringle

Lois

Ben Lyon

Ben Lyon

Cyril Mansfield

Sam Hardy

Sam Hardy

Handy

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Rizzio

Charlotte Walker

Charlotte Walker

Mrs. Mansfield

Amelia Summerville

Amelia Summerville

Lady Jane

Hubert Wilke

Hubert Wilke

General Von Frankenhauser

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Ernest Haller

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

Paul Bern

Paul Bern

Writer

Howard Higgin

Howard Higgin

Director

George Gibbs

George Gibbs

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The Great Deception

19260.0 / 1060 min
Drama

Overview

Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence, of which he is a member. He is loved by Lois, an American whose favor is sought by Rizzio, also a double agent, who suspects Cyril's disloyalty to Germany. With the intention of conveying false information to the Imperial German Government, Cyril, accompanied by his faithful mechanic, Handy, and by Lois, escapes to Germany, though Lois is herself abducted by Rizzio and brought to headquarters in a U-boat. Innocently, she betrays Cyril, and they are both sentenced to death. On a pretense of aiding Cyril, Rizzio urges Lois to accompany him on a diplomatic mission, but Cyril and Handy overcome their captors; and Lois and Cyril escape to England in his aircraft.