The Deceiver (1931)
A Knave of Hearts Plays His Last Scene and Rings Down the Curtain on a Baffling Mystery!
66 min
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
- November 21, 1931
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lloyd Hughes as Tony Hill
- Dorothy Sebastian as Ina Fontanne
- Ian Keith as Reginald Thorpe
- Natalie Moorhead as Mrs. Lawton
- Richard Tucker as Mr. Lawton
- George Byron as Speedy
- Greta Granstedt as Celia Adams
- Murray Kinnell as Breckinridge
- DeWitt Jennings as Inspector Dunn
- Al Ernest Garcia as Payne
Crew
- Louis King · Director
- Jack Cunningham · Writer
- Abem Finkel · Writer
- Charles Logue · Writer
- Bella Muni · Writer
- Joseph Walker · Cinematographer
- Gene Havlick · Editor