The Confidence Man

The Confidence Man (1924) is a crime, drama film directed by Victor Heerman rated 7.0/10.

Wade is a promoter of fake oil stock who sends two of his men, Dan Corvan and Larry Maddox, down to the small Florida town of Fairfield to make a sale to the miserly Godfrey Queritt (Charles Dow Clark). When Corvan discovers that Sunday school teacher Margaret Leland is friends with the old man, he romances her. He also helps out the local charities and endears himself to the local folk. Corvan is too good at his tricks -- all this hard-won trust is turning him into an honest man.

Cast

Thomas Meighan

Dan Corvan

Virginia Valli

Margaret Leland

Larry Wheat

Larry Maddox (as Laurence Wheat)

Charles Dow Clark

Godfred Queritt

Helen Lindroth

Mrs. Bland

Jimmie Lapsley

Jimmie Bland

Margaret Seddon

Mrs. X

George Nash

Wade

Dorothy Walters

Mrs. O'Brien

David Higgins

The Minister