Shadows of Suspicion

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| name = Shadows of Suspicion

| image = Shadows of Suspicion (1919) - Ad 1.jpg

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| director = Edwin Carewe

| producer =

| writer = Finis Fox

| based_on = {{basedon|The Yellow Dove|George Fort Gibbs}}

| starring = Harold Lockwood
Naomi Childers
Helen Lindroth

| music =

| cinematography = Rudolph J. Bergquist

| editing =

| studio = Yorke Film Corporation

| distributor = Metro Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1919|02|23}}

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

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Shadows of Suspicion is a 1919 American silent thriller film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Harold Lockwood, Naomi Childers, and Helen Lindroth.Goble p. 949. 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.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Harold Lockwood as Cyril Hammersley
Naomi Childers as Doris Mathers
Helen Lindroth as Lady Betty Heathcote
Kenneth Keating as Geoffrey Mathers
William Bailey as Captain Walter Byfield
Bigelow Cooper as Sir John Rizzio
Leslie T. Peacocke as Chief of Scotland Yard

Preservation

With no prints of Shadows of Suspicion located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9069/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Shadows of Suspicion]