Alias the Deacon is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Nat Perrin and Charles Grayson. It is based on the 1925 play The Deacon by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. The film stars Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran, Dennis O'Keefe, Edward Brophy, Thurston Hall, Spencer Charters, Jack Carson and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. The film was released on May 17, 1940, by Universal Pictures.

Cast

Bob Burns as Deke Caswell

Mischa Auer as Andre

Peggy Moran as Phyllis

Dennis O'Keefe as Johnny Sloan

Edward Brophy as Stuffy

Thurston Hall as Jim Cunningham

Spencer Charters as Sheriff Yates

Jack Carson as Sullivan

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Bull Gumbatz

Virginia Brissac as Elsie Clark

Benny Bartlett as Willie Clark

Mira McKinney as Mrs. Gregory

Janet Shaw as Mildred Gregory

References

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1940 films

American comedy films

1940 comedy films

Universal Pictures films

Films directed by Christy Cabanne

American black-and-white films

1940s English-language films

1940s American films

Alias the Deacon (1940 film)