The Deceiver

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

The Deceiver — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 66 min
• Genres
• Drama, Mystery
• Director
• Louis King

The Deceiver — 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