The Ringer (1931 film)
The Ringer is a 1931 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Patric Curwen, Esmond Knight, John Longden and Carol Goodner.
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
The film was based on an Edgar Wallace story" The Gaunt Stranger", which is the basis for his play" The Ringer".
Forde remade the same story in 1938 as" The Gaunt Stranger".
There was also a silent film of" The Ringer" in 1928, and a 1952 version starring Donald Wolfit.
It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.
Tony Gerber
Tony Gerber is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of Market Road Films, an independent production company.
The Ringer (1928 film)
The Ringer is a 1928 British silent crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Leslie Faber, Annette Benson and Hayford Hobbs.
It was based on the Edgar Wallace novel" The Gaunt Stranger".
Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away.
A talkie version of" The Ringer" followed in 1931.
The Stranger from Texas
The Stranger from Texas is a 1939 American western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray and the Sons of the Pioneers.
Walter Forde
Walter Forde( born Thomas Seymour Woolford, 21 April 1898 – 7 January 1984) was a British actor, screenwriter and director.
Born in Lambeth, South London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the silent era through to 1949 in the sound era He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
Barry McEvoy
Barry McEvoy is an Irish film actor/ writer best known for writing and playing the lead in" An Everlasting Piece"( 2000), directed by Barry Levinson.
McEvoy's first screen appearance of note was in the supporting role of a gangster in" Gloria"( 1999), filmed after he had spent a decade performing in Off Broadway plays in New York City.
He appeared in" Gettysburg"( 1993)," Veronica Guerin"( 2003),( 2006), and" Five Minutes of Heaven"( 2009).
McEvoy based the screenplay of" An Everlasting Piece" upon the adventures of his own father selling toupées to both Protestants and Catholics in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the height of the conflict.
Before his career in film, Barry was lead singer for legendary 1980s Washington, D.C., punk band Phlegm, who released several records before disbanding in 1988.
McEvoy lives in Dublin with his wife and son.
He continues to do screenwriting and also stars in plays from time to time in both Ireland and the U.S.
An Everlasting Piece
An Everlasting Piece is a 2000 American comedy film.
The movie was directed by Barry Levinson.
It was written by and starred Barry McEvoy.
The plot involves two wig salesmen, one Catholic and one Protestant, who live in war- torn Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the mid-1980s.
The supporting cast includes comedian Billy Connolly as an patient in a psychiatric hospital.
McEvoy based the screenplay on the adventures of his father as a toupée peddler to both sides in the midst of the conflict.
The movie was shot on location in both Belfast and Dublin.
The Gaunt Stranger
The Gaunt Stranger( released as The Phantom Strikes in the US) is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde.
It stars Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson and Alexander Knox.
Der Hexer (1964 film)
Der Hexer( aka The Ringer," The Wizard" or" The Mysterious Magician") is a 1964 West German black and white mystery film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger.
It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1925 novel titled" The Ringer"( originally:" The Gaunt Stranger").
In 1965, a sequel" Neues vom HexerAgain the Ringer") was released.
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson( born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor.
Levinson's best- known works are mid-budget comedy- drama and drama films such as" Diner"( 1982);" The Natural"( 1984);" Good Morning, Vietnam"( 1987);" Bugsy"( 1991); and" Wag the Dog"( 1997).
He won the Academy Award for Best Director for" Rain Man"( 1988), which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Question: Are the directors of both films The Gaunt Stranger and An Everlasting Piece from the same country?
Answer: no