The Ringer (1928 film)

The Ringer
Directed byArthur Maude
Written byEdgar Wallace (novel)
StarringLeslie Faber
Annette Benson
Lawson Butt
Nigel Barrie
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal (UK)
Release date
  • 28 August 1928 (1928-08-28)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
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]

  1. ^ "The Ringer". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ "The Ringer". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.