The Devil Plays
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A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.
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Cast
12 people
Jameson Thomas
Harry Forrest
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Farmer's Wife
Florence Britton
Diana Amberson
Also in
Merrily We Go to Hell
The Devil to Pay!
Thomas E. Jackson
Captain Brown
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Little Caesar
Lew Kelly
Sgt. Snyder
Also in
Winds of the Wasteland
Spook Louder
Lillian Rich
Grace Stiles
Also in
On the Front Page
The Golden Bed
Robert Ellis
Gordon Stiles
Also in
The Love Trap
The Sphinx
Dorothy Christy
Dolores Quincy
Known for
Sons of the Desert
Edmund Burns
Dick Quincy
Also in
She Goes to War
Made for Love
Jack Trent
Duncan
Also in
Discarded Lovers
Half Marriage
Carmelita Geraghty
Rita Kane
Known for
The Pleasure Garden
Richard Tucker
Jerry Murdock
Known for
Wings
The Jazz Singer
Murdock MacQuarrie
Thomas, the Butler
Known for
Modern Times
Richard Thorpe Director · Arthur Hoerl Story M.A. Andersen Cinematographer
United States release December 15, 1931 · Produced in United States
Production
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 15, 1931
Theatrical
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