The Confidence Man (1924)
Wade is a promoter of fake oil stock who sends two of his men, Dan Corvan and Larry Maddox, down to the small Florida town of Fairfield to make a sale to the miserly Godfrey Queritt (Charles Dow Clark). When Corvan discovers that Sunday school teacher Margaret Leland is friends with the old man, he romances her. He also helps out the local charities and endears himself to the local folk. Corvan is too good at his tricks -- all this hard-won trust is turning him into an honest man.
Director: Victor Heerman
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Thomas Meighan as Dan Corvan |
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Virginia Valli as Margaret Leland |
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Larry Wheat as Larry Maddox (as Laurence Wheat) |
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Charles Dow Clark as Godfred Queritt |
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Helen Lindroth as Mrs. Bland |
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Jimmie Lapsley as Jimmie Bland |
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Margaret Seddon as Mrs. X |
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George Nash as Wade |
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Dorothy Walters as Mrs. O'Brien |
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David Higgins as The Minister |
| Writing | Robert Hobart Davis | Story |
| Writing | Laurie York Erskine | Story |
| Writing | Paul Sloane | Writer |
| Directing | Victor Heerman | Director |
