Top billed cast

1. 

   George Arliss

   Benjamin Disraeli

2. 

   Doris Lloyd

   Mrs. Agatha Travers

3. 

   David Torrence

   Lord Michael Probert

4. 

   Joan Bennett

   Lady Clarissa Pevensey

5. 

   Florence Arliss

   Lady Mary Beaconsfield

6. 

   Anthony Bushell

   Lord Charles Deeford

7. 

   Michael Visaroff

   Count Borsinov

8. 

   Ivan F. Simpson

   Sir Hugh Myers

9. 

   Gwendolyn Logan

   Duchess of Glastonbury

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-18

Rather than focus on the relationship between Disraeli and Queen Victoria, this one pays more attention to his cunning wheeze to thwart Russian ambitions for both India and the Suez Canal. Not only must he (George Arliss) combat the Czarist plotting but he has to face a fair degree of antisemitism as those lined up for Gladstone, including the powerful Governor of the Bank of England, refuse to support his plan to find the £5 millions needed to acquire the shares in that vital waterway. Unsure whom he can trust amongst those ostensibly closest to him, he relies more heavily on his wife Mary (...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• spy
• biography
• based on play or musical
• british prime minister
• 19th century
• suez canal