THE DECEIVER
DIRECTED BY LOUIS KING
COLUMBIA PICTURES
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Information From IMDb
Writing Credits
Jack Cunningham writer
Abem Finkel story "It Might Have Happened"
Charles Logue writer
Bella Muni story "It Might Have Happened"
Jo Swerling writer
Plot Summary
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.
Written by Jim Beaver
Full Cast
Lloyd Hughes ... Tony Hill
Dorothy Sebastian ... Ina Fontanne
Ian Keith ... Reginald Thorpe
Natalie Moorhead ... Mrs. Lawton
Richard Tucker ... Mr. Lawton
George Byron ... Speedy
Greta Granstedt ... Celia Adams
Murray Kinnell ... Breckinridge
DeWitt Jennings ... Inspector Dunn
Al Ernest Garcia ... Payne
Harvey Clark ... Nat Phillips
Sidney Bracey ... Barney
Frank Holliday ... Thomas
Colin Campbell ... Dr. Schulz
Nick Copeland ... Stage manager
Duke Morrison ... Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
Writing Credits
Jack Cunningham writer
Abem Finkel story "It Might Have Happened"
Charles Logue writer
Bella Muni story "It Might Have Happened"
Jo Swerling writer
Cinematography
Joseph Walker
Trivia
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Filming Locations
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