Guy Fawkes (film)
| Guy Fawkes | |
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| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Written by | Harrison Ainsworth (novel) |
| Starring | Matheson Lang Nina Vanna Hugh Buckler Shayle Gardner |
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| Distributed by | Stoll Pictures |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Guy Fawkes is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Nina Vanna and Hugh Buckler.[1] The film depicts the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of plotters planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It was based on the 1840 novel Guy Fawkes by Harrison Ainsworth.
Cast
[edit]- Matheson Lang - Guy Fawkes
- Nina Vanna - Viviana Ratcliffe
- Hugh Buckler - Robert Catesby
- Shayle Gardner - Humphrey
- Lionel d'Aragon - Earl of Salisbury
- Edward O'Neill - Father
- Jerrold Robertshaw - James I of England
- Robert English - Radcliffe
- Dallas Cairns - Mounteagle
- Pino Conti - Tresham
References
[edit]- ^ "Guy Fawkes (1923)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
External links
[edit]- Guy Fawkes at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1923 films
- 1920s historical films
- British historical films
- British silent feature films
- Films set in the 1600s
- 1920s English-language films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- Films set in London
- British films based on actual events
- Films based on British novels
- Stoll Pictures films
- Cultural depictions of Guy Fawkes
- Cultural depictions of James VI and I
- British black-and-white films
- 1920s British films
- English-language historical films
- 1920s British film stubs
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