Disraeli
A Film That is Destined to Rank Among the Foremost Releases of the Screen
1921 · N/A Drama
Overview
The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.
Director and cast
- George Arliss as Benjamin Disraeli
- Florence Arliss as Lady Beaconsfield (as Mrs. George Arliss)
- Margaret Dale as Mrs. Noel Travers
- Louise Huff as Clarissa
- Reginald Denny as Charles, Viscount Deeford
- E.J. Ratcliffe as Hugh Meyers
- Henry Carvill as Duke of Glastonbury
- Grace Griswold as Duchess of Glastonbury
- Noel Tearle as Foljambe
- Fred Nicholls as Butler
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