---
title: 'The Great Deception (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Higgin'
released: '1926-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 60
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-deception-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016937/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Deception (1926)

1926 · 60 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Higgin](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-higgin)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Bern](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bern)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-haller)

## Cast

- [Aileen Pringle](https://cinepixo.com/people/aileen-pringle)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone)
- [Ben Lyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lyon)

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