09 November 1925 Drama 94 mins
A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.
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Paul Robeson as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Mercedes Gilbert as Sister Martha Jane
Julia Theresa Russell as Isabelle
Marshall Rogers as Speakeasy Proprietor
Lawrence Chenault as Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
Chester A. Alexander as Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder
Walter Henry Cornick as Brother Amos - a Church Elder
United States 09 November 1925
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