The Ringer is a 1928 British silent crime film directed by Arthur Maude starring Leslie Faber, Annette Benson and Hayford Hobbs. 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.
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Cast
Leslie Faber as Dr. Lamond
Annette Benson as Cora Ann Milton
Lawson Butt as Maurice Meister
Nigel Barrie as Insp. Wembury
Hayford Hobbs as Insp. Bliss
John F. Hamilton as John Lenley
Charles Emerald as Sam Hackett
Esther Rhodes as Gwenda Milton
Muriel Angelus as Mary Lenley
Background
The film is one of the six screen adaptations of Wallace's novel.