Alias the Deacon
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Directed by	Edward Sloman
Written by	Charles Kenyon Walter Anthony
Based on	Alias the Deacon by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Jean Hersholt June Marlowe Ralph Graves
Cinematography	Jackson Rose Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	Byron Robinson
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 20, 1927 (1927-06-20) (New York City)
Running time	7 reels (2,093.67 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Alias the Deacon is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt, June Marlowe, and Ralph Graves. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Based on a stage play of the same name, it was directed by Edward Sloman and is preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.^[1][2] It was remade as the sound film Alias the Deacon in 1940.

• Jean Hersholt as George Caswell or The Deacon
• June Marlowe as Phyllis/Mrs. Nancy Blythe
• Ralph Graves as Jim Adams
• Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Betsy Clark
• Lincoln Plumer as John Cunningham
• Ned Sparks as Slim Sullivan
• Tom Kennedy as Bull Moran
• Maurice Murphy as Willie Clark
• George West as George
• Wilson Benge as Minister
• Walter Brennan as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
• Joseph W. Girard as Sheriff of Morton County
• Annabelle Magnus as Nancy as a Child
• George Periolat as Giuseppi Padroni aka Tony the Dip

This film was remade in 1940 starring Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, and Peggy Moran.

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• Alias the Deacon at IMDb
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