The exploits of Brigadier Gerard who helps expose Foreign Minister Talleyrand as a traitor to Napoleon.
Acting
Rod La Rocque's mustache does 80% of the emotional heavy lifting.
Costume
Military uniforms so elaborate they threaten to topple the actors.
Director
Donald Crisp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donald Crisp directed this between acting gigs—he'd later win an Oscar for How Green Was My Valley fourteen years later.
This was one of three Brigadier Gerard adaptations in the silent era, capitalizing on Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Holmes popularity—yes, THAT Conan Doyle wrote swashbuckling Napoleonic fanfic.
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