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The Deceiver

“A Knave of Hearts Plays His Last Scene and Rings Down the Curtain on a Baffling Mystery!”

0.0/ 10 0 votes 1931-11-21 1h 6m 0 popularity

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.

Director: Louis King

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Lloyd Hughes

Lloyd Hughes

Tony Hill

Dorothy Sebastian

Dorothy Sebastian

Ina Fontanne

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Reginald Thorpe

Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead

Mrs. Lawson

Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker

Mr. Lawson

Greta Granstedt

Greta Granstedt

Celia Adams

John Wayne

John Wayne

Reginald Thorpe as a corpse