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DramaMysteryRomance

Sucker Money

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A phony spiritualist hypnotizes the daughter of a wealthy banker in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his money. A reporter investigating the swami discovers the plot, determines to expose it.

Release Date : 1933-02-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Willis Kent Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Mischa Auer

Character Name : Swami Yomurda

Original Name : Mischa Auer

Gender : Male

Phyllis Barrington

Character Name : Clare Walton

Original Name : Phyllis Barrington

Gender : Female

Earl McCarthy

Character Name : Jimmy Reeves

Original Name : Earl McCarthy

Gender : Male

Ralph Lewis

Character Name : John Walton

Original Name : Ralph Lewis

Gender : Male

Fletcher Norton

Character Name : Dan Lukes

Original Name : Fletcher Norton

Gender : Male

Mae Busch

Character Name : Mame

Original Name : Mae Busch

Gender : Female

Mona Lisa

Character Name : Princess Karami

Original Name : Mona Lisa

Gender : Female

Al Bridge

Character Name : George Hunter

Original Name : Al Bridge

Gender : Male

J. Frank Glendon

Character Name : Meehan - Newspaper Editor

Original Name : J. Frank Glendon

Gender : Male

Anita Faye

Character Name : Ada

Original Name : Anita Faye

Gender : Male

Julia Griffith

Character Name : Seance Attendee

Original Name : Julia Griffith

Gender : Female

Dorothy Vernon

Character Name : Seance Attendee

Original Name : Dorothy Vernon

Gender : Female

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Hokum Bokum. Victims of the Beyond (AKA: Sucker Money) is directed by Melville Shyer and Dorothy Davenport (as Dorothy Reid) and written by Willis Kent. It stars Mischa Auer, Phyllis Barrington, Earl McCarthy, Ralph Lewis and Mae Busch. For the era it was made this deserves credit for being a fore runner to a splinter of films dealing with spiritualism - notably as a fake exercise. Unfortunately for dramatic worth it has nothing of note to offer. Plot essentially has fake medium Swami Yomurda (Auer) using his nefarious means to swindle persons of wealth out of money. Enter an undercover reporter who is intrepid in trying to unmask the scammers and save the day. The End! It's all a bit creaky, the direction, the acting and the production as a whole really doesn't have much going for it. The premise at the core is interesting enough to hold attention for the short one hour run time - even if the first fifteen minutes drag and hardly entice one to stay through the rest of the play. Plenty of séance scenes are decently played, and thus rewards those into such shenanigans, but it becomes tiresome and the writing simply isn't good enough to drive home some thriller possibilities. 4/10