Guy Fawkes is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Nina Vanna and Hugh Buckler. The film depicts the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of plotters planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It was based on the 1840 novel Guy Fawkes by William Harrison Ainsworth.
Cast
Matheson Lang - Guy Fawkes
Nina Vanna - Viviana Ratcliffe
Hugh Buckler - Robert Catesby
Shayle Gardner - Humphrey
Lionel d'Aragon - Earl of Salisbury
Edward O'Neill - Father
Jerrold Robertshaw - James I of England
Robert English - Radcliffe
Dallas Cairns - Mounteagle
Pino Conti - Tresham