The Deceiver
A Knave of Hearts Plays His Last Scene and Rings Down the Curtain on a Baffling Mystery!
1931 | 66m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Louis King |
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| Writer: | Abem Finkel, Jack Cunningham, Charles Logue |
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| Broadway matinee idol, Shakespearean actor Reginald Thorpe, is found dead in his dressing room on the eve of his departure for Hollywood. Thorpe's understudy, Tony Hill, is suspected, particularly in light of his skill with knives. Thorpe, however, was a lady's man who seems to have been involved in blackmailing one of his lovers. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 21, 1931 |
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| Director: | Louis King |
| Writer: | Abem Finkel, Jack Cunningham, Charles Logue |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery |
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| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Nov 23, 2025 Entered: Nov 23, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
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| Lloyd Hughes | Tony Hill |
| Dorothy Sebastian | Ina Fontanne |
| Ian Keith | Reginald Thorpe |
| Natalie Moorhead | Mrs. Lawson |
| Richard Tucker | Mr. Lawson |
| Greta Granstedt | Celia Adams |
| John Wayne | Reginald Thorpe as a corpse |
| Name | Job |
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| Abem Finkel | Story |
| Jack Cunningham | Writer |
| Louis King | Director |
| Gene Havlick | Editor |
| Joseph Walker | Cinematography |
| Charles Logue | Writer |
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