Alias the Deacon
Cast & Crew
Christy Cabanne
Bob Burns
Mischa Auer
Peggy Moran
Dennis O'keefe
Edward Brophy
Film Details
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Synopsis
When he is tossed out of town for his dexterity with a deck of cards, cardsharp Deke Caswell meets Phyllis, who is also on her way out of town. The two hitch a ride with truck driver Johnny Sloan, and when they arrive at the town of Shelton, their next stop, Deke decides to pose as a deacon in order to avoid trouble with the law. Deke soon learns that the town is run by corrupt financier Jim Cunningham who, among other dastardly schemes, is plotting to steal Elsie Clark's hotel. To achieve this, he has hired Mrs. Gregory and her daughter Mildred to cheat Elsie at bridge, thus forcing her to borrow money. Cunningham is also promoting a boxing match against Bull Gumbatz, and when Bull's opponent is arrested, Johnny volunteers to fight in his place so that he can win enough money to buy the local garage and marry Phyllis. Throughout Cunningham's chicaneries, Deke continues his masquerade as a deacon until Cunningham cheats Johnny out of his winnings and accuses him of stealing his wallet. When Elsie puts her hotel up in lieu of Johnny's bail, Cunningham demands that she pay him back immediately. Cunningham's latest swindle spurs Deke into action, and he combines both of his professions to clean out Cunningham and his cronies in a card game, thus cleaning up the town.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Cast
Bob Burns
Mischa Auer
Peggy Moran
Dennis O'keefe
Edward Brophy
Thurston Hall
Spencer Charters
Jack Carson
Guinn Williams
Virginia Brissac
Bennie Bartlett
Myra Mckinney
Janet Shaw
Aileen Carlyle
Harlan Briggs
George Moran
George Gogi
Charles Lane
Erville Alderson
Ruth Warren
Sam Hayes
Jack Clifford
Mabel Colcord
Lew Kelly
Ferris Taylor
Don Rowan
Ralph Sanford
Harry Depp
Eddie Fetherston
George Ovey
Heinie Conklin
Bob Kortman
Charles Sherlock
Kernan Cripps
Charles Sullivan
Eddy Chandler
Monte Montague
Crew
Duke Atteberry
Bernard B. Brown
Milton Carruth
Stanley Cortez
Warren Douglas
R. A. Gausman
Charles Grayson
Harold H. Macarthur
Jack Otterson
Vaughn Paul
Nat Perrin
Ben Pivar
Robert Pritchard
H. J. Salter
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Notes
According to a news item in Hollywood Reporter, Richard Wallace was originally assigned to direct this picture, but a conflict in scheduling forced his replacement by Christy Cabanne. In Call Bureau Cast Service lists, Janet Shaw's character was named Ella Gregory.
