---
title: 'The Devil Plays (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1921-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devil-plays-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021796/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Devil Plays (1921)

1921 · Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

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. It was given a British release under the alternative title of The Murdock Affair.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [Arthur Hoerl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoerl)

## Cast

- [Robert Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ellis)
- [Lillian Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-rich)
- [Richard Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tucker)
- [Carmelita Geraghty](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmelita-geraghty)
- [Jameson Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jameson-thomas)
- [Edmund Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-burns)
- [Dorothy Christy](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-christy)

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