The Deceiver
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Directed by Louis King
A Knave of Hearts Plays His Last Scene and Rings Down the Curtain on a Baffling Mystery!
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Lloyd HughesTony Hill
Dorothy SebastianIna Fontanne
Ian KeithReginald Thorpe
Natalie MoorheadMrs. Lawson
Richard TuckerMr. Lawson
Greta GranstedtCelia Adams
John WayneReginald Thorpe as a corpseExplore the crew
- Director
- Louis King
- Writer
- Jack Cunningham
- Writer
- Charles Logue
- Editor
- Gene Havlick