Disraeli (film)

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Disraeli
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Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Written by	Julien Josephson De Leon Anthony
Starring	George Arliss Doris Lloyd David Torrence Joan Bennett
Music by	Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Editing by	Hugh Wynn
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	1929
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Disraeli is a 1929 film that was adapted by Julien Josephson and De Leon Anthony from a play by Louis N. Parker. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green.

The story is a highly fictionalized episode in the life of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, and stars George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, David Torrence, Joan Bennett, and Florence Arliss. It revolves around the British plan to buy the Suez Canal and the efforts of two spies to stop it.

Arliss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Films with the same title were released in 1916 and 1921, the 1921 version also starring Arliss.

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