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Released
1931 · FILM

The Deceiver

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

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Runtime
66 min
Mystery

Synopsis

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Gene HavlickShot by Joseph Walker

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