From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Deceiver (film)
The Deceiver (film)
The Deceiver Plot overview
Actor Reginald Thorpe is found dead in his dressing
room, stabbed in the back. Suspects abound. Most of The
Deceiver takes place in the Broadway theater where
matinee idol Thorpe (Ian Keith) is starring in a produc-
tion of Othello. A rat with women, Thorpe has scattered
broken female hearts all along the Great White Way, giv-
ing lots of people plenty of incentive to murder him. Sure
enough, he is murdered, as is another fellow who holds a
vital clue as to the identity of the killer. Second-guessing
the detectives, hero Tony (Lloyd Hughes) tries to solve
the mystery himself, if only to clear heroine Ina (Dorothy
Sebastian) of suspicion. The guilty party is tricked into
confessing by the cagey Tony.
Cast
• Lloyd Hughes as Tony Hill
• Dorothy Sebastian as Ina Fontanne
• Ian Keith as Reginald Thorpe
• Natalie Moorhead as Mrs. Lawton
Broadway • Richard Tucker as Mr. Lawton
• George Byron as Speedy
Directed by Louis King
• Greta Granstedt as Celia Adams
Written by Jack Cunningham • Murray Kinnell as Breckinridge
Abem Finkel (story) • DeWitt Jennings as Inspector Dunn
Starring Lloyd Hughes • Al Ernest Garcia as Payne
Ian Keith • Harvey Clark as Nat Phillips
Dorothy Sebastian • Sidney Bracey as Barney
Cinematography Joseph Walker • Frank Holliday as Thomas
• Colin Campbell as Dr. Schulz
Editing by Gene Havlick • Nick Copeland as Stage manager
Distributed by Columbia Pictures • John Wayne as Richard Thorpe as a corpse
Release date(s) 21 November 1931
Running time min.
See also
• List of American films of 1931
Country United States • John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)
Language English
External links
The Deceiver is a 1931 American mystery film directed by
Louis King. The film stars Lloyd Hughes, Ian Keith and • The Deceiver at the Internet Movie Database
Dorothy Sebastian. John Wayne makes a minor appearan- • The Deceiver at AllRovi
ce as a corpse. The film premiered on November 21, 1931.
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• 1931 films
• American films
• English-language films
• Mystery films
• Columbia Pictures films
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