Shadows of Suspicion is a 1919 American silent thriller film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Harold Lockwood, Naomi Childers, and Helen Lindroth.[1] It is based on the 1915 novel The Yellow Dove by George Fort Gibbs, which was later remade as the 1926 film The Great Deception. Lockwood died in the 1918 flu pandemic while filming was ongoing, and a body double was required to complete the film.

Shadows of Suspicion
Directed byEdwin Carewe
Written byFinis Fox
Based onThe Yellow Dove
by George Fort Gibbs
StarringHarold Lockwood
Naomi Childers
Helen Lindroth
CinematographyRudolph J. Bergquist
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Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 1919 (1919-02-23)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Synopsis

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After refusing to join the army on the outbreak of World War I, Cyril Hammersley is suspected of being a coward or worse a German spy. In fact he is working for the British secret service to tackle a German spy ring and thwart a plan to blow up London.

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Preservation

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With no prints of Shadows of Suspicion located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[2]

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Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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