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The Devil Plays

Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Written by	Arthur Hoerl
Produced by	George R. Batcheller
Starring	Jameson Thomas Florence Britton Thomas E. Jackson
Cinematography	M.A. Anderson
Edited by	Richard Thorpe
Production company	Chesterfield Pictures
Distributed by	Chesterfield Pictures
Release date	December 15, 1931 (1931-12-15)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Devil Plays is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton and Thomas E. Jackson.^[1] It was given a British release under the alternative title of The Murdock Affair.

Plot

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Cast

Jameson Thomas as Harry Forrest
Florence Britton as Diana Amberson
Thomas E. Jackson as Inspector Brown
Dorothy Christy as Dolores Quincy
Richard Tucker as Gerald Murdock
Lillian Rich as Grace Stiles
Robert Ellis as Stiles
Lew Kelly as Snyder
Carmelita Geraghty as Rita Kane
Edmund Burns as Dick Quincy
Murdock MacQuarrie as Butler
Jack Trent as Duncan

References

^ Monaco, p. 533

Bibliography

Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.

External links

The Devil Plays at IMDb

Films directed by Richard Thorpe

Films

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1930s	The Utah Kid (1930) The Dude Wrangler (1930) Wings of Adventure (1930) Under Montana Skies (1930) The Thoroughbred (1930) Grief Street (1931) The Lawless Woman (1931) Murder at Dawn (1931) Forgotten Women (1931) The Devil Plays (1931) Neck and Neck (1931) Forgotten (1931) Beauty Parlor (1932) Escapade (1932) Forbidden Company (1932) Cross-Examination (1932) The King Murder (1932) The Midnight Lady (1932) Probation (1932) Slightly Married (1932) The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932) Thrill of Youth (1932) Women Won't Tell (1932) A Man of Sentiment (1933) Murder on the Campus (1933) Rainbow Over Broadway (1933) Love Is Dangerous (1933) City Park (1934) Stolen Sweets (1934) Green Eyes (1934) Cheating Cheaters (1934) Secret of the Chateau (1934) The Quitter (1934) Strange Wives (1934) Last of the Pagans (1935) The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) Tarzan Escapes (1936) Dangerous Number (1937) Night Must Fall (1937) Double Wedding (1937) Man-Proof (1938) Love Is a Headache (1938) The First Hundred Years (1938) The Toy Wife (1938) The Crowd Roars (1938) Three Loves Has Nancy (1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
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1950s	Black Hand (1950) Three Little Words (1950) Vengeance Valley (1951) The Great Caruso (1951) The Unknown Man (1951) It's a Big Country (1952) Carbine Williams (1952) Ivanhoe (1952) The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) Knights of the Round Table (1954) The Student Prince (1954) Athena (1954) The Prodigal (1955) The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957) Jailhouse Rock (1957) The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
1960s	The Tartars (1961) The Honeymoon Machine (1961) The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) Follow the Boys (1963) Fun in Acapulco (1963) The Golden Head (1964) The Truth About Spring (1965) That Funny Feeling (1965) The Last Challenge (1967) The Scorpio Letters (1967)

Serials

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