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Guy Fawkes (film)

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Guy Fawkes
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byHarrison Ainsworth (novel)
StarringMatheson Lang
Nina Vanna
Hugh Buckler
Shayle Gardner
Production
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Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • 1923 (1923)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

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  1. ^ "Guy Fawkes (1923)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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