The Confidence Man
“The thrilling tale of a master swindler and his struggle to go straight when he fell in love.”
1924•NR•1h 20m•7.0•Released
CrimeDrama
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
Writer
Paul Sloane
Languages
No Language
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Thomas Meighan
Dan Corvan
Virginia Valli
Margaret Leland
Larry Wheat
Larry Maddox (as Laurence Wheat)
Charles Dow Clark
Godfred Queritt
Helen Lindroth
Mrs. Bland
Jimmie Lapsley
Jimmie Bland
Margaret Seddon
Mrs. X
George Nash
Wade
Dorothy Walters
Mrs. O'Brien
David Higgins
The Minister
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