Alias The Deacon (1927)
1h 10m
Running Time
June 20, 1927Release Date
Plot.
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
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Cast & Crew.

Jean Hersholt
George Caswell or The Deacon

June Marlowe
Phyllis/Mrs. Nancy Blythe

Ralph Graves
Jim Adams

Myrtle Stedman
Mrs. Betsy Clark

Lincoln Plumer
John Cunningham

Ned Sparks
Slim Sullivan

Tom Kennedy
Bull Moran

Walter Brennan
Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
Details.
Wiki.
Alias the Deacon is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt, June Marlowe, and Ralph Graves. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Based on a stage play of the same name, it was directed by Edward Sloman and is preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. It was remade as the sound film Alias the Deacon in 1940.