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The Deceiver 1931
"A Knave of Hearts Plays His Last Scene and Rings Down the Curtain on a Baffling Mystery!"
Overview
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
Cast
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