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Trick for Trick (1933)
67 min | Mystery

Trick for Trick (1933)

67 min | Mystery

Six months after the body of Evelyn Maxwell, who was the assistant to the magician Azrah, is pulled out of a river, the detective assigned to the case, Jed Dobson, is still searching for clues. When he visits Azrah, whom he knew years ...See moreSix months after the body of Evelyn Maxwell, who was the assistant to the magician Azrah, is pulled out of a river, the detective assigned to the case, Jed Dobson, is still searching for clues. When he visits Azrah, whom he knew years before on Coney Island, the magician is conducting a seance for Mr. Russell and his daughter Constance. When Constance's fiance, David Adams, arrives at Azrah's house, Azrah's partner, Albert Young, will not let him in, so David enters through an open window. When he finds Azrah, David says that he suspects him of killing Evelyn and produces an envelope containing canceled checks from Azrah to Evelyn. With the help of his trick electrician, Metzger, Azrah creates an illusion that keeps David from confronting him any further. Young comes in and picks a fight with David, so that he can steal the canceled checks. Jed then enters, but before he can question Azrah, La Tour, whom Evelyn had assisted prior to Azrah, arrives. Jed questions La Tour about Evelyn, but he says he knows nothing. Azrah overhears this and suggests that he conduct a seance that evening to get a confession from Evelyn's spirit. La Tour has his two henchmen, a hunchback and a Chinese man, kidnap Constance so that he can give Young money to sabotage Azrah's seance when the others go to rescue Constance. At the seance, after the guests are forced to relinquish their weapons, Azrah is tied to his chair to ensure that he does not leave when the lights go down. After the lights flash on and off, La Tour is found dead in Azrah's chair with a penknife through his heart. The knife belongs to Evelyn's father, who is disguised as a guest, Professor King. Azrah asks to continue with the seance and, with the help of his assistant Maisie Henry, tricks everyone with an illusion, using sound recordings of a conversation he had with Evelyn before her death. In the recordings, she confides that La Tour, who would not marry her, left her pregnant and penniless, and that she was then unable to return to her family. Evelyn's father, who was trying to kill Azrah because he thought that he was responsible for Evelyn's death, confesses to La Tour's murder, and he is arrested. Azrah goes on to explain that he knew all along that La Tour had killed Evelyn because he had originally sent the canceled checks to La Tour knowing that he would have returned them to Azrah to protect him if he was innocent. Azrah reveals that La Tour, however, sent the checks to David in order to frame Azrah. Azrah then orders David to pay more attention to Constance, and the young couple embrace. See less

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Ralph Morgan Azrah Azrah See fewer	Strange Interlude (1932)
Victor Jory La Tour La Tour See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Sally Blane Constance Russell Constance Russell See fewer	Forbidden Company (1932)
Tom Dugan Albert Young Albert Young See fewer	To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Luis Alberni Metzger Metzger See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Edward Van Sloan John Russell (as Ed. Van Sloan) John Russell (as Ed. Van Sloan) See fewer	Frankenstein (1931)
Willard Robertson Dr. Frank Fitzgerald Dr. Frank Fitzgerald See fewer	Doctor X (1932)
Dorothy Appleby Maisie Henry Maisie Henry See fewer	Paradise Express (1937)
Boothe Howard Detective Lt. Jed Dobson Detective Lt. Jed Dobson See fewer	Mutiny Ahead (1935)
Phillip Trent David Adams (as Clifford Jones) David Adams (as Clifford Jones) See fewer	The Power and the Glory (1933)
Herbert Bunston Professor King (uncredited) Professor King (uncredited) See fewer	Dracula (1931)
James P. Burtis Sergeant Lombard (uncredited) Sergeant Lombard (uncredited) See fewer	The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)
Allan Cavan Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited) See fewer	Officer Thirteen (1932)
Harry Cording Dredger (uncredited) Dredger (uncredited) See fewer	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Clarence Geldert Doctor (uncredited) Doctor (uncredited) See fewer	A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
John George Dwarf (uncredited) Dwarf (uncredited) See fewer	The Unknown (1927)
James B. Leong Chinese Henchman (uncredited) Chinese Henchman (uncredited) See fewer	Lotus Blossom (1921)
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Adrian Morris Boldy (uncredited) Boldy (uncredited) See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Hal Price Dredger (uncredited) Dredger (uncredited) See fewer	Sin's Pay Day (1932)