The Deceiver (film)

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The Deceiver
Broadway
Directed by	Louis King
Written by	Jack Cunningham Abem Finkel (story)
Starring	Lloyd Hughes Ian Keith Dorothy Sebastian
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Editing by	Gene Havlick
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	21 November 1931
Running time	min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Deceiver is a 1931 American mystery film directed by Louis King. The film stars Lloyd Hughes, Ian Keith and Dorothy Sebastian. John Wayne makes a minor appearance as a corpse. The film premiered on November 21, 1931.

[edit] 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 production of Othello. A rat with women, Thorpe has scattered broken female hearts all along the Great White Way, giving 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.