Sucker Money

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.

Cast

Mischa Auer

as Swami Yomurda

Phyllis Barrington

as Clare Walton

Earl McCarthy

as Jimmy Reeves

Ralph Lewis

as John Walton

Fletcher Norton

as Dan Lukes

Mae Busch

as Mame

Mona Lisa

as Princess Karami

Al Bridge

as George Hunter

J. Frank Glendon

as Meehan - Newspaper Editor

Anita Faye

as Ada

Reviews

John Chard

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 ...

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