Deceit (1923 film)

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.

Cast

 * Evelyn Preer – Doris Rutledge / Evelyn Bently
 * William Fountaine – unknown role
 * Norman Johnstone – Alfred DuBois / Gregory Wainwright
 * A. B. DeComathiere – Reverend Bently
 * Cleo Desmond – Charlotte Chesbro
 * Louis De Bulger – Mr. Chesbro
 * Mabel Young – Mrs. Levine
 * Cornelius Watkins – Gregory Wainwright, as a child
 * Mrs. Irvin C. Miller – Mrs. Wainwright
 * Ira O. McGowan – Mr. Wainwright