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Deceit

(1923)

March 1, 1923 0h 0m
80%
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Overview

Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar Micheaux. Like many of Micheaux's films, Deceit casts clerics in a negative light. Although the film was shot in 1921, it was not released until 1923. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film. The 1922 film The Hypocrite was shown within Deceit as a film within a film.

Oscar Micheaux

Director

Top Billed Cast

EP

Evelyn Preer

Doris Rutledge/Evelyn Bently

WF

William Fountaine

NJ

Norman Johnstone

Alfred DuBois/Gregory Wainwright

AD

A.B. DeComathiere

Reverend Bently

CD

Cleo Desmond

Charlotte Chesbro

LDB

Louis De Bulger

MY

Mabel Young

CW

Cornelius Watkins

KB

Kathryn Boyd