''The Conspirators'' is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OBE for his ser ...

and starring Betty Faire, David Hawthorne and

Moore Marriott George Thomas Moore Marriott (14 September 1885 – 11 December 1949) was an English character actor best remembered for the series of films he made with Will Hay. His first appearance with Hay was in the film '' Dandy Dick'' (1935), but he wa ...

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Plot summary

Cast

* Betty Faire as Louise Fitzmaurice * David Hawthorne as Herbert Wrayson *

as Morris / Sydney Barnes * Edward O'Neill as Colonel Fitzmaurice * Margaret Hope as Mrs. Barnes * Winifred Izard as Queen of Rexonia *

Fred Rains Frederick William Rains (c. 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director. He was the father of the actor Claude Rains. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Broken Melody'' (1916) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * ''The Marriag ...

as Benham

Production

The film was made by Britain's leading film company of the era Stoll Pictures at their

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which als ...

in London. It was based on the 1907 novel ''The Avenger'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film's sets were designed by art director

Walter Murton Walter Murton was a British art director, who worked from the 1920s until the 1940s. During his early career in the 1920s Murton was the regular set designer on the silent film series ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' The Myst ...

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1924 films 1924 crime films British silent feature films British crime films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on British novels Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub