Deceit

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Evelyn Preer Doris Rutledge/Evelyn Bently

William Fountaine

Norman Johnstone Alfred DuBois/Gregory Wainwright

A.B. DeComathiere Reverend Bently

Cleo Desmond Charlotte Chesbro