The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector
Cast
- Sylvia SidneyHelen Smith aka Helen Vail
- Chester MorrisJohn 'Doc' Madison
- Robert CooganBobbie Holmes
- John WrayThe Frog
- Ned SparksHarry Evans
- Hobart BosworthThe Patriarch
- Lloyd HughesRobert Thornton
- Virginia BruceMargaret Thornton
- Boris KarloffNikko
- Irving PichelHenry Holmes
- Frank DarienHiram Higgins
- Florine McKinneyBetty Higgins
Stills
Themes
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